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The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK 2), known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 and to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a converted German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser), or merchant or commerce raider of the Kriegsmarine, which, in World War II, travelled more than 161,000 km (100,000 mi) in 602 days, and sank or captured 22 ships with a combined tonnage of 144,384.
Lost on 23 July 1917 torpedoed by German submarine UC 49. Patia: Lost on 13 June 1918. Patuca: Princess: Ex-Kronprincess Cecilie; Acted as dummy battleship HMS Ajax. [4] Teutonic: Commissioned into the 10th Cruiser Squadron. In 1916, she was refitted with 6-inch guns, and served as a convoy escort ship as well as being used for troop transport ...
The following ships were named Atlantis for the city of Atlantis: German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, a German auxiliary cruiser that operated during World War II; HMS Atlantis, a cancelled submarine of the Royal Navy; RV Atlantis, a sail training and research vessel renamed PNA Dr. Bernardo A. Houssay of the Argentine Prefecture
Atlantis: 17,000 ton unique auxiliary merchant cruiser; Atlantis: Frauenlob-class minesweeper, launched 1961; Aue: Schwalbe-class minesweeper; Auerbach/Oberpfalz: Ensdorf-class (Type 352) minesweeper; Augsburg (cruiser): 4,400 ton Kolberg-class light cruiser, launched 1909; Augsburg (F222): Köln-class (Type 120) frigate, commissioned 1962 to 1988
The German designation for the ships was 'Handelstörkreuzer' thus the HSK serial assigned. Each had as well an administrative label more commonly used, e.g. Schiff 16 = Atlantis, Schiff 41 = Kormoran, etc. The auxiliary cruisers were: Orion (HSK-1, Schiff 36) Atlantis (HSK-2, Schiff 16) Widder (HSK-3, Schiff 21) Thor (HSK-4, Schiff 10)
The captain of a German merchant raider, Felix von Luckner, used the sailing ship SMS Seeadler for his voyage (1916–1917). The Germans used a sailing ship at this stage of the war because coal-fired ships had limited access to fuel outside of territories held by the Central Powers due to international regulations concerning refueling of ...
KB Dubrovnik was captured first by Italy in 1941 (RN Premuda), then by German following the Italian Armistice in 1943 (TA 32). She was scuttled in Genoa in 1945 following the Battle of the Ligurian Sea. KB Beograd was captured first by Italy in 1941 (RN Sebenico), then by German following the Italian Armistice in 1943 (TA 43). She was sunk in ...
Ulrich Mohr was a German naval officer and the adjutant (first officer) on the Kriegsmarine auxiliary cruiser Atlantis during the Second World War, where one of his functions was to board captured ships and search for secret papers that might be of use to the German war effort.