Admiral Hugo Zeye

Artillery Training Ship

Service Data

In Service: to 14 March 1945

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: A.G. Neptun, Rostock
Construction No:
Laid down: 1939
Launched: 14 September 1940
Commissioned: 19 July 1942

Technical Data

Type: Artillery Training Ship / Artillerieschulschiffe
Class: Admiral Hugo Zeye

Displacement: 10,750 tons
Length: 138 m waterline 146 m overall
Beam: 16 m
Draft: 6.5 m
Propulsion: 3 × cylinder triple expansion
Propellers: 2
Speed: 18 knots
Range: nautical miles
Crew: 219 men and officers
Armament:
4 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
14 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
8 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:

Other: Artillery Training Ships
Articles:

History

Career

19 July 1942
The Artillery training ship Admiral Hugo Zeye is commissioned.

14 March 1945
The Artillery training ship Admiral Hugo Zeye is sunk

Commanders

William Warnholtz
Takes command on July 1942
Ends command on November 1944

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Sources

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 sources