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Komet (HSK7)

Hilfskreuzer 1937 - 1942  

   Ship Info   1:1250 Model 

Komet 1942

Laid down as transport ship Ems.


Contruction Data

Laid down:     Deschimag Bremen, 1937
Launched:     16.01.1937
Commissioned:     02.06.1940 as auxiliary cruiser
Fate:     sunk on 14.10.1942
Costs:     

Commanders

KAdm Eyssen:     Dec 1939 – Feb 1942
KzS Brocksien :     Feb 1942 – Oct 1942

 

Technical Data

Size:     7500 t
Length:     115 m
Beam:     15,3 m
Draft:     6,5 m
Armament:  

  6 x 15 cm;  1x 6 cm; 2 x 3,7 cm; 4 x 2 cm;
  6 x torpedo tubes, 2 x Arado Ar 196 float planes
  1 x Small Fast Attack boat LS2, 30 Mines

Performance:     3900 shp, 14,8kn

History

The auxiliary cruiser Komet got famous because of its unique way to reach the Pacific Ocean. With assistance of several Soviet ice breakers, the ship sailed through the ice barriers north of Siberia in August and September 1940 and arrived in the Pacific Ocean three weeks after it left Norway.
Komet operated in the Pacific for about one year and returned to Germany on 30.11.1941. It was planned to use the ship for a second operation one year later, therefore it left Germany on 07.10.1942 and sailed through the British Channel. On 14.10.1942 the Komet and its escorts were attacked by British MTBs near Cape de la Hague. The auxiliary cruiser sunk after a torpedo hit by the British MTB 236 with not survivors.

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  Thanks to:  W.McGrath  John J Markowski