Sunk on 14 October 1942 after hit by a torpedo near Cap de la Hague.
General characteristics
Tonnage
3,287 GRT
Displacement
7,500 tons
Length
115.5 m (379 ft)
Beam
15.3 m (50 ft)
Draught
6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion
2 Diesel engines
Speed
16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range
35,100 nautical miles (65,000 km)
Complement
274
Armament
6 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45
1 × 75 mm (3 in)
1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30
4 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 AA guns
6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
30 × EMC mines
Aircraft carried
2 Arado Ar 196 A-1
Komet (German for comet) (HSK-7) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, intended for service as a commerce raider.[1] Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 45,[2] to the Royal Navy she was named Raider B.
After completing one successful raid in the South Pacific, she was sunk by a British motor torpedo boat in October 1942 whilst attempting to break out into the Atlantic on another.
^"Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser) Komet". Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^Downing, David (2009). Sealing Their Fate: The 22 Days That Decided World War II. Da Capo Press Book. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-306-81620-8. komet.
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