Widder 1940
| Laid down as transport ship Neumark. |
Contruction Data
| Laid down: |
Howaldtswerke Kiel, 1929 |
| Launched: |
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| Commissioned: |
30.11.1939 (as auxiliary cruiser) |
| Fate: |
beached 03.10.1955 |
| Costs: |
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Technical Data
| Size: |
16800 t |
| Length: |
152 m |
| Beam: |
18,2 m |
| Draft: |
8,3 m |
| Armament: |
6 x 15 cm; 1x 7,5 cm; 2 x 3,7 cm,;4x 2 cm;
4 x torpedo tubes, 2 x Heinkel He 114 float planes
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| Performance: |
6200 shp, 14kn |
History
| The auxiliary cruiser Widder
started its Atlantic operation in May 1940, this operation lasted 180 days in which 10 ships were sunk. One notable event during this operation was the encounter with the British submarine Clyde
while the ship was still in Norwegian waters. On 31.10.1940 it returned to Brest. On its operation between the Widder
sunk or captured 10 ships with 58644 t. From 1941 on it was used as the repair ship Neumark
in Norway. After the war, it was taken over by the British and used as the transport ship Ulysses
. In 1950 it was sold to Germany where and renamed to Fechenheim
. On 03.10.1955 it beached near Bergen during a storm and broke into two parts six days later. |
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