Kulmerland

Scuttled

Type	Auxiliary
War	Second World War

HAPAG cargo liner. Supply ship to the raiders Orion and Komet in the Pacific, disguised as the Japanese Tokio Maru, then a blockade runner from Japan. Put out of action by bombs in France in 1943 and sunk by the Germans as a blockship in 1944.

Hamburg, Germany, PORT BOW VIEW OF THE GERMAN CARGO VESSEL KULMERLAND WHICH ACTED AS A SUPPLY SHIP FOR THE GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISERS KOMET AND ORION IN THE PACIFIC, ACCOMPANYING THEM ON THE RAID ON NAURU IN 1940-12. IN 1941-10 SHE SUPPORTED THE AUXILIARY CRUISER KORMORAN IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. (NAVAL Photo: author unknow, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Builder	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Launched	1 August 1928
Length	463.6 ft (141.3 m)
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1 August 1928

Attacks on Nauru

Survived

6–27 December 1940

Supply ship, disguised as the Japanese Tokio Maru

Fate

Scuttled

scuttled 1944; scrapped 1950