World War. Her Kriegsmarine designation was Schiff 21, to the Royal Navy she was Raider D. The name Widder (Ram) represents the constellation Aries in...
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German minesweeper Sperrbrecher 18 (redirect from Schiff 40)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 40 and later Sperrbrecher 18. Severely damaged in an Allied air raid on...
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German trawler V 607 Düsseldorf (redirect from Schiff 13)
1940, Düsseldorf was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and designated as Schiff 13. She scheduled to take part in Unternehmen Seelöwe. On 23 August, she...
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SS Jupiter (Ropner, 1895) (redirect from Schiff 1)
was captured by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 1. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1949. The ship was 275 feet...
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SS Wandrahm (1927) (redirect from Schiff 4)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War, serving as Schiff 4, V 1801 Wandrahm and V 6114 Eismeer. Post-war, she was allocated to the...
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German auxiliary cruiser Orion (category 1930 ships)
requisitioned were the Kurmark (Orion) and the Neumark (German auxiliary cruiser Widder), and conversion started immediately. One of Germany's first auxiliary cruisers...
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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...
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SS Dr. Heinrich Wiegand (1938) (redirect from Schiff 12)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 12. She was sunk in September 1944 but was raised post-war and returned...
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of Iceland where she was to operate in support of the auxiliary cruiser Widder. Her first weather report was sent on 10 May. She was relieved on 25 May...
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German weather ship WBS 3 Fritz Homann (category 1930 ships)
Fritz Homann was a fishing trawler that was built in 1930 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Wesermünde for Grundmann & Gröschel. She served with...
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