G_AHRENDT@FENNEL.CC.UWA.OZ.AU (Gunter Ahrendt) (09/29/90)
From: G_AHRENDT@FENNEL.CC.UWA.OZ.AU (Gunter Ahrendt)
22-AUG-1938 = launched
-1940 = completed
21-MAY-1941 = sailed with the Bismarck on 'Operation Rheinuebung'
24-MAY-1941 = took part in the Battle of the Denmark Strait,sunk HMS Hood,broke
away to Brest
-FEB-1942 = left Brest with the Scharnhorst & Gneisenau in 'Operation
Cerberus'
-1944 = served as a training ship in the Baltic,collided with the Leipzig
while covering withdrawing ground forces in the East
-MAY-1945 = surrendered in Copenhagen,allocated to the US
-1946 = 'participated' in the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll
15-NOV-1947 = sunk at Kwajalein
Prinz Eugen
Modified Heavy Cruiser
19,800 t
210m L 21.7m B 5.8m D
132,000hp 3 shafts 12 boilers 32knots
8*8",12*4.1",12*37mm,8*20mm,12*21 torpedo tubes,3 floatplanes
1,600 crew
[mod.note: I believe the theory that HMS Hood was sunk by an 8" shell
from Prinz Eugen is no longer held valid; certainly, the captain of
the Eugen does not believe so. Also, 19,800 t would be at full load;
standard displacement for Eugen was 14,500 t. - Bill ]