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Leipzig

Leichter Kreuzer 1931 - 1946  Leipzig  Class

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Leichter Kreuzer Leipzig in 1945

Named of the German town of Leipzig


Contruction Data

Laid down:     Marinewerft Wilhelmshaven, 18.04.1928
Launched:     18.10.1929
Commissioned:     08.10.1931
Fate:     scuttled with gas ammo 16.12.1946 (North Sea)
Costs:     38 Mio Reichsmark

Commanders

KzS H.-H Stobwasser:     08.10.31 - Sep 1933                       
FK/KzS Otto Hormel:     Okt 1933 - Set 1935
FK/KzS Otto Schenk:     Sep 1935 - Okt 1937
KzS Werner Löwisch:     Okt 1937 - Apr 1939
KzS Heinz Nordman:     Apr 1939 - Feb 1940
KzS Werner Stichling:     01.12.1940 - Aug 1942
KzS Friedrich Schmitt:     Aug 1942 - Sep 1942
KzS Waldemar Winther:     25.09.1942 - 18.2.1943
FK Joachim Asmus:     Feb 1943 - Mar 1943
KzS Walter Hulsemann:     01.08.1943 - 25.08.1944
KzS Heinrich Spörel:     6.08.1944 - Nov 1944
                                                         KK Hagen Küsfer:     Nov 1944 - Jan 1945
KK Walter Bach:     Jan 1945 - Dec 1945
                                                           
                                                                                

                                                                               

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