Seized and unfinished
From fleet units to shipyard projects
Several Italian cruisers fell into German hands after the armistice of September 1943. Many were incomplete and were damaged, scuttled or dismantled before they could enter German service.
The Dutch KH1 and KH2 projects were captured much earlier and considered for completion with German weapons, but neither joined the Kriegsmarine.
Captured cruiser
Bolzano
1933–1944
Captured cruiser
Caio Mario
1939–1944
Captured cruiser
Cornelio Silla
1939–1944
Captured cruiser
Etna
1939–1945
Captured cruiser
Giulio Germanico
1940–1971
Captured cruiser
Gorizia
1931–1946
Captured cruiser
KH1
1953–2008
Captured cruiser
KH2
1953–1999
Captured cruiser
Niobe
1900–1949
Captured cruiser
Ottaviano Augusto
1939–1943
Captured cruiser