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In June 1944, Prinz Eugen, the heavy cruiser Lützow, and the 6th Destroyer Flotilla formed the Second Task Force, later renamed Task Force Thiele after its commander, Vizeadmiral August Thiele. Prinz Eugen was at this time under the command of KzS Hans-Jürgen Reinicke, and she served as Thiele's flagship.
Later in the war, the light anti-aircraft batteries for Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen were modified. [c] Four 3.7 cm guns were removed and the number of 2 cm guns had increased to twenty-eight. In 1944, Prinz Eugen ' s 3.7 cm guns were replaced by fifteen 4 cm (1.6 in) Flak 28 guns.
Only 79 Wellington bombers attacked Brest, with Prinz Eugen and Gneisenau as their principal targets. [64] Fifteen Halifax heavy bombers of No. 35 Squadron RAF and No. 76 Squadron RAF flew the extra 200 miles (320 km) to reach Scharnhorst. The Halifaxes attacked Scharnhorst at her moorings. [65]
Admiral Scheer, photographed from Prinz Eugen en route to Norway. On 21 February 1942, Admiral Scheer, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, and the destroyers Z4 Richard Beitzen, Z5 Paul Jakobi, Z25, Z7 Hermann Schoemann, and Z14 Friedrich Ihn steamed to Norway. After stopping briefly in Grimstadfjord, the ships proceeded on to Trondheim.
Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen inflicted serious damage to the destroyer Worcester. [55] At 19:55, Gneisenau detonated a magnetic mine off Terschelling. The mine exploded just forward of the rear gun turret but caused only minor damage. Slight flooding was quickly stopped, though the shock disabled the center turbine.
A few months ago I posted a photo of the wreck of the Prinz Eugen, taken in the late 80s or early 90s. The photo was deleted over permissions issues. I was given the photos to scan by the original photographer, a movie industry model maker, with the explicit intention of having them posted on wikipedia.
On 11 October Lützow, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, the destroyers Z25, Z35 and Z36, and the torpedo boats T13, T16, T20 and T21 [96] bombarded Memel in support of the German defense of the port. Lützow hit twenty targets with four hundred 28 cm and two hundred and forty-five 15 cm shells while Prinz Eugen fired six hundred and seventy-three ...
The Channel Dash (German: Unternehmen Zerberus, Operation Cerberus) was a German naval operation during the Second World War. [a] A Kriegsmarine (German Navy) squadron comprising two Scharnhorst-class battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and their escorts was evacuated from Brest in Brittany to German ports.