Profile drawing of Hugo Zeye
Torpedo training shipTraining role

Design and service

The story of Hugo Zeye

Initially build as a combined passenger and transport ship for Turkey, the Hugo Zeye was taken over by the Kreigsmarine at the outbreak of the war and completed at a torpedo training ship. Equipped with 8 torpedo tuges, the ship was used to drill torpedo personal for Kriegsmarine surface ships in the Baltic Sea.

In 1945, the ship was used to evacuate military personal and civilians from East Prussia. On one of this evacuation voyages, the ship hit a mine on 14.03.1945 northwest of Fehmann and sunk. All but 5 people on board could be saved.

At a glance

Technical profile

Dimensions, armament, machinery and performance.

Dimensions

Size (Max)
10750t
Length (Total)
146,00 m
Length (Waterline)
138,00 m
Beam
16,00 m
Draft
6,50 m
Crew
187 & 219 cadetts

Armament

3,7 cm Flak
4 (since Apr 1944)
2 cm Flak
14 (4 since Apr 1944)
53,3 cm torpedo tubes
8

Machinery

Shafts
2
Engines
2
Type
3cyl triple expansion

Performance

Total Performance
9000 shp
Speed
18 kn

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Hugo Zeye
Hugo Zeye

Construction record

Hugo Zeye

Laid down
A.G. Neptun Rostock, 1939
Launched
14.09.1940
Commissioned
19.07.1942
Fate
sunk on 14.03.1945 after mine hit