Under construction when Denmark was occupied by Germany
Nazi Germany
Name
Hansa
Builder
Wilton, Rotterdam
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number
5
Launched
6 November 1939
Acquired
1940
Commissioned
12 February 1944
Renamed
Zielschiff Meersburg, Hansa
Nickname(s)
HSK-5 (II)
Schiff 5[1]
Fate
Interned, 1945
United Kingdom
Acquired
1945
Fate
Scrapped 1971
General characteristics
Type
Auxiliary cruiser
Tonnage
9,138 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement
19,200 tons
Length
153 m (502 ft)
Beam
20.1 m (66 ft)
Draft
8.7 m (29 ft)
Speed
20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph)
Range
65,000 nautical miles (120,000 km; 75,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement
400 men (plus 400 cadets as a cadet training ship)
Armament
8 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45
1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/45
6 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 gun
36 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA guns (2 × 4, 28 × 1)[1]
Aircraft carried
One
Date unknown
The Hansa was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine used during World War II.
She was known to the KM as HSK 5(II) (i.e., the second of that designation; the first was Pinguin), or also as Schiff 5. She was not given a raider letter by the Royal Navy as she did not enter active service as a commerce raider. The last German vessel to be converted into an auxiliary cruiser, the Hansa was named after the Hanseatic League.
^ abWard, Ian, ed. (1978). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons and Warfare, Vol 11, "Hansa". Phoebus, London. p. 1217.
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