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Stier (HSK 6)

Hilfskreuzer 1939 - 1942  

   Ship Info   1:1250 Model 

Stier (HSK VI) 1942

Laid down as transport ship Cairo.


Contruction Data

Laid down:     Germaniawerft Kiel, 1936
Launched:     07.10.1936
Commissioned:     25.11.1939 (09.11.1941 as auxiliary cruiser)
Fate:     sunk on 27.09.1942
Costs:     

Technical Data

Size:     11000 t
Length:     133 m
Beam:     17,3 m
Draft:     7,2 m
Armament:  

  6 x 15 cm;  1x 6 cm; 2 x 3,7 cm; 4 x 2 cm;
  6 x torpedo tubes, 2 x Arado Ar 196 float planes
  1 x Small Fast Attack boat LS2

Performance:     3750 shp, 14 kn

History

The former Cairo was put into Kriegsmarine services in November 1939. After merchant warfare operations in the Baltic Sea, it was converted into a mine layer and was planned to be used during operation Seelöwe. After this operation was cancelled, the now names Stier was modified into an auxiliary cruiser in Rotterdam in April 1941. On 10.05.1942 it left Germany for its operation in the Atlantic. On 27.09.1942 the ship was sunk during the battle with the US Cargo Ship Stephen Hopkins which was also lost. During its operation, the Stier sunk 4 ships with 29409 t.

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