D.K.M. Admiral Hipper
1944
(Neptun 1032)
- Class: Admiral Hipper - 5 heavy cruisers of 1935-37
- Displacement: 13,900 tons
- Dimensions: 640 x 70 x 15 ft.
- Machinery: 3-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 132,000 = 32 knots
- Armament: 8-8 in. (4x2), 12-4.1 in. A.A. (6x2), 12-37 mm. A.A. (6x2) guns; 12-21 in. (4x3) T.T.; 3 aircraft
- Complement: 1,600
- Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
- Laid Down: 6 Jul 1935
- Launched: 6 Feb 1937
- Completed: 29 Apr 1939
- Actions: 1939-40 Operations in North Sea; Apr 1940 Norwegian campaign; 8 Apr 1940 rammed by British destroyer HMS Glowworm -- to Trondheim for repairs; Jun 1940 to Feb 1941 raiding in North Atlantic destroying 12 ships of 66,131 tons; 1942 Battle Group Northern Waters; 31 Dec 1942 with Lützow in Battle of Barents Sea; 1944 Fleet Training Squadron in Baltic, then supporting army; bombed in Kiel; 3 May 1945 scuttled, loaded with U-Boat parts; broken up 1948-49.
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