German Light Cruisers of World War II: Warships of the Kriegsmarine by Koop Gerhard & Schmolke Klaus-Peter

German Light Cruisers of World War II: Warships of the Kriegsmarine by Koop Gerhard & Schmolke Klaus-Peter

Author:Koop, Gerhard & Schmolke, Klaus-Peter [Koop, Gerhard]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: HISTORY / Military / Naval
ISBN: 9781473850095
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2014-07-22T00:00:00+00:00


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After crew had left ship, Commander and Navigation Officer transferred from Luchs to Greif, which had no Karlsruhe crewmen aboard, to witness sinking.

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Luchs and Seeadler made for Kiel on orders of BSN [Commander Coastal Defence Forces North Sea].

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Sea up to rail of Karlsruhe quarterdeck.

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As Karlsruhe could not be saved, I gave order to sink ship with a torpedo.

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First torpedo hit Karlsruhe in bow compartment XV, second torpedo at base of mast. After a few minutes Karlsruhe sank by the bow, starboard side.



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