Thor

Sunk

Type	Armed merchant cruiser
War	Second World War
Main guns	* 1940

Disguised raider. Fought off the armed merchant cruisers Alcantara and Carnarvon Castle and sank Voltaire in 1940–41. Destroyed at Yokohama in November 1942 when the supply ship Uckermark, ex-Altmark, blew up beside her.

Refrigerated cargo ship Santa Cruz on the river Scheldt Creator: Claes, Louis (fotograaf) Original format: 18 cm x 13 cm Type: Glass plate Category: Museum collection MAS File name: AS.1968.001.1545.jpg Photo: Claes, Louis (fotograaf), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

* 1940
6 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45
2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30
4 × twin 2 cm (0.79 in) FlaK 30
4 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes

Builder	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
Laid down	1938
Launched	16 March 1938
Displacement	9,200 GRT
Length	122 m (400 ft)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement	349

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

Career

Launched

16 March 1938

Action between Thor and Alcantara

Damaged

28 July 1940

Otto Kähler; hit twice

Action between Thor and Carnarvon Castle

Survived

5 December 1940

Not hit

Sinking of Voltaire

Survived

4 April 1941

Wireless aerial shot away

Fate

Sunk

Destroyed by fire in Yokohama, Japan, 30 November 1942