Stier (HSK VI) 1942
| Laid down as transport ship Cairo. |
Contruction Data
| Laid down: |
Germaniawerft Kiel, 1936 |
| Launched: |
07.10.1936 |
| Commissioned: |
25.11.1939 (09.11.1941 as auxiliary cruiser) |
| Fate: |
sunk on 27.09.1942 |
| Costs: |
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Technical Data
| Size: |
11000 t |
| Length: |
133 m |
| Beam: |
17,3 m |
| Draft: |
7,2 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
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| Performance: |
3750 shp, 14 kn |
History
| The former Cairo
was put into Kriegsmarine services in November 1939. After merchant warfare operations in the Baltic Sea, it was converted into a mine layer and was planned to be used during operation Seelöwe. After this operation was cancelled, the now names Stier
was modified into an auxiliary cruiser in Rotterdam in April 1941. On 10.05.1942 it left Germany for its operation in the Atlantic. On 27.09.1942 the ship was sunk during the battle with the US Cargo Ship Stephen Hopkins
which was also lost. During its operation, the Stier sunk 4 ships with 29409 t. |
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