Admiral Hipper
Scuttled
| Type | Heavy cruiser |
|---|---|
| Class | Admiral Hipper |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 8 × 20.3 cm (8 in) guns |
Rammed by the British destroyer Glowworm off Norway on 8 April 1940, which sank. Raided the Atlantic in 1940–41, and led the attack on convoy JW 51B in the Battle of the Barents Sea on 31 December 1942, whose failure made Hitler order the big ships paid off. Bombed in dock at Kiel and scuttled there in May 1945.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 8 × 20.3 cm (8 in) guns
- 12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/33 guns
- 12 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 guns
- 8 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 guns
- 12 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Armour
- Belt: 70 to 80 mm (2.8 to 3.1 in)
- Armor deck: 20 to 50 mm (0.79 to 1.97 in)
- Turret faces: 105 mm (4.1 in)
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 6 July 1935 |
| Launched | 6 February 1937 |
| Commissioned | 29 April 1939 |
| Displacement | Normal: 16,170 t (15,910 long tons) Full load: 18,500 t (18,200 long tons) |
| Length | 202.8 m (665 ft 4 in) overall |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Complement | 42 officers 1,340 enlisted |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
6 February 1937
Action of 8 April 1940
Damaged
8 April 1940
Rammed; picked up 40 survivors
Landing at Trondheim
Survived
9 April 1940
Hellmuth Heye
Operation Juno
Survived
8 June 1940
Sank Juniper and Orama
Clyde torpedoes Gneisenau
Survived
20 June 1940
Convoy WS 5A
Survived
25 December 1940
Wilhelm Meisel
Convoy SLS 64
Survived
12 February 1941
Battle of the Barents Sea
Damaged
31 December 1942
Kummetz's flagship; hit three times
Fate
Scuttled
Scuttled, 3 May 1945, raised and scrapped in 1948–1952