Bremse is commissioned, attached to the artillery training school in Kiel.
Artillery training shipTraining role
Design and service
The story of Bremse
In the early 1930s a new artillery training ship was built to drill the gunnery personal of the Kriegsmarine to replace the existing old ships.
The Bremse was a destroyer sized ship that was planned with a second role besides artillery training: To be used as a testbed for diesel engines which were later installed in the new build Panzerschiff Deutschland.
Because of its high top weight, the mast of the ship was reduced in size in 1932. In 1939, the ship was used in the movie "Der letzte Apell" where it played the British cruiser Amphion, for this role it was equipped with two additional dummy funnels.
During wartime, the ship was mainly used n the Baltic Sea and in Norway. During an escort operation in September 1941, the Bremse was sunk in a battle with two British cruisers.
Operational history
Service timeline
Repairs and refits, the ships mast is reduced in size and the artillery director is removed.
Bremse plays the British cruiser Amphion in the movie "Der letzte Apell", and is equipped with two dummy funnels.
Escorts the minelayers Tannenberg and Hansestadt Danzig.
Used in the artillery school.
Operation "Weserübung": Bremse is part of Gruppe 3 attacking Bergen, during this operation the ship is hit by 21 cm guns.
Repairs in Stavanger.
Rammed by the steamer Donau.
Sent to Kiel for escort duty.
Bremse is attacked by 20 Albacore torpedo bombers and 9 Fulmar fighters of the H.M.S. Victorious but escapes unharmed.
While escorting the transports Trautenfels and Barcelona, the convoy is attacked by the British cruisers Nigeria and Aurora near the Mageröy-Fjord. The Bremse was able to pull the cruisers away from the transports, so that they could escape while the Bremse was sunk in an night artillery duel, 160 crew members died.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament, machinery and performance.
Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 1870 t
- Length (Total)
- 103,62 m
- Beam
- 9,50 m
- Draft
- 2,85 m
- Crew
- 285-289
Armament
- 12,7 cm
- 4
- 3,7 cm Flak
- 4
- 2 cm Flak
- 2-8
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Engines
- 8
- Type
- 8 cyl MAN diesel engines
Performance
- Total Performance
- 28400 shp
- Speed
- 29,1 kn
The archive
Models
Ship models in 1/1250 scale.
Construction record
Bremse
- Laid down
- Marinewerft Wilhelmshaven, 1931
- Launched
- 14.07.1932
- Commissioned
- 14.07.1932
- Fate
- sunk by British cruisers 07.09.1941