In
Service: 30 November 1939 to 22 November 1941
Ordered: Builder: Bremer
Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
Construction No: Laid down:
Launched: Commissioned: 30 November 1939
Type: Auxiliary cruiser
Class: Hilfskreuzer (Raider),
converted freighter
Displacement: 17,600 tons
Length:
155 m
Beam: 18.7 m
Draft: 8.7 m
Propulsion: 2
× 6 cylinder diesel engines producing up to 7,600 hp
Propellers:
1
Speed: 16 knots
Range: 60,000 nautical miles at 10 knots
Crew: 351 men and officers
Armament: 6 × 15 cm 1 ×
75 mm 2 × 3.7 cm 4 × 2 mm
4 × torpedo tubes, 92 mines
Armour Aircraft: 2 ×
Heinkel
He 114 seaplanes
Electronics: Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants: Other: Auxiliary
cruisers Articles: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK 2), designated by the
Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 and known to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a modified
German Hilfskreuzer of the Kriegsmarine, The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
sank or captured 22 ships totaling 144,384 tons. Atlantis was sunk on November
21, 1941. She was commanded by Bernhard Rogge, who was awarded the Oak Leaves
to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Atlantis sank 10 ships in 1940, capturing
another 3. In 1941 it sank 6 and captured another 3.
30 November 1939 The Atlantis is commissioned.
3 May 1940 The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Scientist (6,200
t)
10 June 1940 The Atlantis captures the Norwegian freighter
Tirrana (7,230 t)
11 July 1940 The Atlantis sinks the British
freighter City of Baghdad (7,505 t)
13 July 1940 The Atlantis
sinks the British passenger liner Kemmndine (7,770 t)
2 August 1940
The Atlantis sinks the Norwegian Talleyrand (6,730 t)
24 August 1940
The Atlantis sinks the British Freighter King City (4,745 t)
9 September
1940 The Atlantis sinks the British tanker Athelking (9,550 t)
10 September 1940 The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Benarty
(5,800 t)
20 September 1940 The Atlantis sinks the French
passenger liner Commisaire Ramel (10,060 t)
22 October 1940
The Atlantis captures the Yugoslavian freighter Durmitor (5,620 t)
9
November 1940 The Atlantis sinks the Norwegian tanker Teddy (6,750 t)
10 November 1940 The Atlantis captures the Norwegian tanker
Ole Jacob (8,305 t)
11 November 1940 The Atlantis sinks the
British freighter Automedon (7,530 t)
24 January 1941 The
Atlantis sinks the British freighter Mandasor (5,145 t)
31 January
1941 The Atlantis captures the British freighter Speybank (5,150 t)
2 February 1941 The Atlantis captures the Norwegian freighter
Ketty Br�vig (7,300 t)
17 April 1941 The Atlantis sinks the
Egyptian passenger liner Zamzam (8,300 t)
14 May 1941 The
Atlantis sinks the British freighter Rabaul (6,810 t)
24 May 1941
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Trafalgar (4,530 t)
17 June
1941 The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Tottenham (4,760 t)
23 June 1941 The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Balzac (5,375
t)
10 September 1941 The Atlantis captures the Norwegian
Silvaplana (4,790 t)
18 October 1941 The Atlantis resupply
U-68
22 November 1941 The Atlantis was resupplying the U-126
when she was attacked by British cruiser HMS Devonshire and sunk. When the British
cruiser HMS Devonshire had gone U-126 returned to pick up the Atlantis crew up.
Bernhard
Rogge
Takes command on 19 December 1939
Ends command on 22 November
1941
German
Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German
Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
For a complete list of
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