Dimensions
- Size
- 17600 t
- Length
- 155 m
- Beam
- 18,7 m
- Draft
- 8,7 m
HSK 2Raider designation
155 mOverall length
17600 tDisplacement
16 knMaximum speed
Design and service
The story of Atlantis
The former transport Goldenfels was the first auxiliary cruiser commissioned by the Kriegsmarine. From March 1940 on, the ship operated in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and the Pacific. On 22.11.1941 it was resupplying the U-boat U126 when it was detected by the British cruiser Devonshire. After 622 days of operation - in which 22 ships with 145697 t were sunk - the Atlantis was then scuttles by its own crew which was rescued by U-boats and returned to France.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament and performance.
Armament
- 15 cm guns
- 6
- 7,5 cm guns
- 1
- 3,7 cm guns
- 2
- 2 cm guns
- 4
- Torpedo tubes
- 4
- Aircraft
- 2 × Heinkel He 114 float planes
- Mines
- 92
Performance
- Machinery and speed
- 7600 shp, 16 kn
The archive
Models
Ship models in 1/1250 scale.
Construction record
Atlantis
- Laid down
- Bremer Vulcan, 1937
- Commissioned
- 19.12.1939 (as auxiliary cruiser)
- Fate
- sunk 22.11.1941