Dimensions
- Size
- 11000 t
- Length
- 133 m
- Beam
- 17,3 m
- Draft
- 7,2 m
HSK 6Raider designation
133 mOverall length
11000 tDisplacement
14 knMaximum speed
Design and service
The story of Stier
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.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament and performance.
Armament
- 15 cm guns
- 6
- 6 cm guns
- 1
- 3,7 cm guns
- 2
- 2 cm guns
- 4
- Torpedo tubes
- 6
- Aircraft
- 2 × Arado Ar 196 float planes
- Fast attack boat
- 1 × LS2
Performance
- Machinery and speed
- 3750 shp, 14 kn
The archive
Models
Ship models in 1/1250 scale.
Construction record
Stier
- 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