In Service: 30 November 1939 to 22 November 1941
Ordered:
Builder: Bremer
Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
Construction No:
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Launched:
Commissioned: 30 November 1939
Type: Auxiliary cruiser
Class: Hilfskreuzer (Raider), converted freighter
Displacement: 17,600 tons
Length: 155 m
Beam: 18.7 m
Draft: 8.7 m
Propulsion: 2 × 6 cylinder diesel engines
Power: 7,600 hp
Propellers: 1
Speed: 16 knots
Range: 60,000 nautical miles at 10 knots
Crew: 351 men and officers
Armament: 6 × 15 cm 1 × 75 mm 2 × 3.7 cm 4 × 2 mm
4 × torpedo tubes, 92 mines
Armour
Aircraft: 2 ×
Heinkel
He 114 seaplanes
Variants:
Other: Auxiliary
cruisers
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The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK 2), designated
by the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 and known to the Royal Navy
as Raider-C, was a modified German Hilfskreuzer of the Kriegsmarine,
The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis sank or captured 22
ships totaling 144,384 tons. Atlantis was sunk on November
21, 1941. She was commanded by Bernhard Rogge, who was awarded
the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The
Atlantis sank 10 ships in 1940, capturing another 3. In 1941
it sank 6 and captured another 3.
30 November 1939
The Atlantis is commissioned.
3 May 1940
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Scientist (6,200
t)
10 June 1940
The Atlantis captures the Norwegian freighter Tirrana (7,230
t)
11 July 1940
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter City of Baghdad (7,505
t)
13 July 1940
The Atlantis sinks the British passenger liner Kemmndine (7,770
t)
2 August 1940
The Atlantis sinks the Norwegian Talleyrand (6,730 t)
24 August 1940
The Atlantis sinks the British Freighter King City (4,745
t)
9 September 1940
The Atlantis sinks the British tanker Athelking (9,550 t)
10 September 1940
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Benarty (5,800 t)
20 September 1940
The Atlantis sinks the French passenger liner Commisaire Ramel
(10,060 t)
22 October 1940
The Atlantis captures the Yugoslavian freighter Durmitor (5,620
t)
9 November 1940
The Atlantis sinks the Norwegian tanker Teddy (6,750 t)
10 November 1940
The Atlantis captures the Norwegian tanker Ole Jacob (8,305
t)
11 November 1940
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Automedon (7,530
t)
24 January 1941
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Mandasor (5,145 t)
31 January 1941
The Atlantis captures the British freighter Speybank (5,150
t)
2 February 1941
The Atlantis captures the Norwegian freighter Ketty Brövig
(7,300 t)
17 April 1941
The Atlantis sinks the Egyptian passenger liner Zamzam (8,300
t)
14 May 1941
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Rabaul (6,810 t)
24 May 1941
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Trafalgar (4,530
t)
17 June 1941
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Tottenham (4,760
t)
23 June 1941
The Atlantis sinks the British freighter Balzac (5,375 t)
10 September 1941
The Atlantis captures the Norwegian Silvaplana (4,790 t)
18 October 1941
The Atlantis resupply U-68
22 November 1941
The Atlantis was resupplying the U-126 when she was attacked
by British cruiser HMS Devonshire and sunk. When the British
cruiser HMS Devonshire had gone U-126 returned to pick up
the Atlantis crew up.
Bernhard
Rogge
Takes command on 19 December 1939
Ends command on 22 November 1941
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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