Komet c. 1941
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History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Komet |
Namesake | Comet |
Operator | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Builder | Deschimag A.G. Weser |
Launched | 16 January 1937 |
Christened | Ems |
Homeport | Bremen |
Fate | Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine, 1939 |
Nazi Germany | |
Name | Komet |
Namesake | Comet |
Operator | Kriegsmarine |
Builder | Howaldtswerke, Hamburg (conversion) |
Yard number | 7 |
Acquired | 1939 |
Commissioned | 2 June 1940 |
Renamed | Komet (1940) |
Reclassified | Auxiliary cruiser (1940) |
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Fate | Sunk on 14 October 1942 after hit by a torpedo near Cap de la Hague. |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 3,287 GRT |
Displacement | 7,500 tons |
Length | 115.5 m (379 ft) |
Beam | 15.3 m (50 ft) |
Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 Diesel engines |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 35,100 nautical miles (65,000 km) |
Complement | 274 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 Arado Ar 196 A-1 |
Komet (German for comet) (HSK-7) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, intended for service as a commerce raider.[1] Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 45,[2] to the Royal Navy she was named Raider B.
After completing one successful raid in the South Pacific, she was sunk by a British motor torpedo boat in October 1942 whilst attempting to break out into the Atlantic on another.
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