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K Class Cruisers Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
Mar. 26, 1927 |
Apr. 17, 1929 |
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Fate |
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Damaged by Norwegian shore batteries Apr. 9, 1940 at Bergen, Norway during
Operation Weserübung (Invasion of Norway). Sunk Apr. 10, 1940 by Fleet Air Arm aircraft from 800 Squadron and 803 Squadron while at anchor at Bergen, Norway. The wreck was raised in 1942, but capsized. Uprighted in Mar. 1943 and used as a pier for U-boats. Capsized again on Sept. 22, 1944, finally scrapped after the war. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany |
Aug. 20, 1927 |
Nov. 6, 1929 |
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Fate |
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Torpedoed Apr. 9, 1940 during Operation Weserübung (Invasion of Norway) by
HMS Truant N-68 (Lt. Cdr. Christopher H. Hutchinson, R.N.), scuttled by German torpedo boat Grief same day. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
May 23, 1928 |
Jan. 15, 1930 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1956.
(Previously sunk in shallow water at Wilhelmshaven, Germany by U.S. bombers of the 8th Air Force on Mar. 30, 1945. The ship's guns were above water and it was used as an artillery battery until the end of the war.) |
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Page published Apr. 13, 2019 |