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History
German training ship Hugo ZeyeNazi Germany
BuilderAG Neptun, Rostock
Yard number482
Laid down1939
Launched14 September 1940
Commissioned19 July 1942
FateSunk 14 March 1945 after hitting a mine
General characteristics [1]
Tonnage10,750 t (10,580 long tons; 11,850 short tons)
Length
  • 138 m (452 ft 9 in) waterline
  • 146 m (479 ft 0 in) overall
Beam16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draft6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) Standard
Propulsion3 × Cylinder Triple Expansion
Speed16 knots
Complement7-50 officers, 169-80 enlisted
Armament
  • As built:
    • 4 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30
    • 14 × 2 cm (0.79 in) FlaK 30
    • 2 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) quadruple torpedo tubes
Service record
Part of: Kriegsmarine
Commanders: K.Kapt. Warnholtz (Jul 1942 - Nov 1944

Initially built as a combined passenger and transport ship for Turkey, Hugo Zeye was taken over by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine at the outbreak of the war and completed as a torpedo training ship.[2] Equipped with eight torpedo tubes, the ship was used to train torpedo personnel for surface combat ships in the Baltic Sea.

  1. ^ Gröner 1988, pp. 114–6.
  2. ^ "Hugo Zeye Training Ship". Wehrmacht History. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-11.

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