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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.
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. In November 1940, Atlantis captured the merchant ship Automedon ...
German cruiser Karlsruhe. German cruiser Königsberg. German cruiser Köln. German auxiliary cruiser Komet. German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran.
Bernhard Rogge (4 November 1899 – 29 June 1982) was a German naval officer who, during World War II, commanded a merchant raider. Later, he became a Konteradmiral in West Germany 's navy. Rogge became a Vizeadmiral (vice-admiral) by the end of World War II, and, when the West German navy was established after the war, returned to service as a ...
The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8)[ a ] was a Kriegsmarine (German navy) merchant raider of World War II. Originally the merchant vessel Steiermark (" Styria "), the ship was acquired by the navy following the outbreak of war for conversion into a raider. Administered under the designation Schiff 41, 'Ship 41', to the Allied navies ...
The German raider Atlantis. At about 0555 hrs on 17 April the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis opened fire on Zamzam from a range of about 3.5 nautical miles (6 km). [30] Nine 150 mm shells hit Zamzam ' port side, injuring several passengers and crew, including the ship's doctor. [31]
List of auxiliary and merchant cruisers. The following is a list, by period and country, of armed merchant ships used since the late 19th century in the role of auxiliary cruisers, also called armed merchant cruisers. RMS Carmania sinking SMS Cap Trafalgar near the Brazilian islands of Trindade, 14 September 1914.
German auxiliary cruiser Thor. German night fighter direction vessel Togo.