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Admiral Hipper

Schwerer Kreuzer 1939-1945  Admiral Hipper  Class

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Schwerer Kreuzer Admiral Hipper 1944

Named after Admiral Franz Ritter von Hipper (1863-1932), commander of the reconnaissance forces during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.


Contruction Data

Laid down:     Blohm & Voß Hamburg, 06.07.1935 (Slipway 2)
Launched:     06.02.1937
Commissioned:     29.04.1939
Fate:     blown up 03.05.1945 (Kiel Shipyard)
Costs:     85,8 Mio Reichsmark

Commanders

KptzS Hellmuth Heye:     29.04.1939 - 03.09.1940
KptzS Wilhelm Meisel:     04.09.1940 - 10.10.1942
KptzS Hans Hartmann:     11.10.1942 - 16.02.1943
KzS Fritz Kraus:     Feb. 1943
KptzS Hans Henigst:     Mar 1944 - May 1945

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  Thanks to:  L. Bashkirov  G. Heimann  D. Martim  D. Zhukov  O. van Hoften  B. Biechowski  K. Reinhard  L. R. Baker