![]() ![]() British forces also took possession of the wreck of the light cruiser Koln lying on the bottom of the dock in Wilhelmshaven which had been heavily bombed on the 3rd of April.Īpart from Prinz Eugen, Nurmberg and Leipzig, only fifteen destroyers, eleven torpedo-boats, about two dozen minesweepers, and a few smaller craft were all that remained of the Kriegsmarine’s surface fleet. Out in Kiel Bay lay the desolate abandoned wreck of the light cruiser Emden which had been badly damaged during an air raid in April. She had settled on the bottom of the dock after being hit in the final Bomber Command raid over Germany on the 3rd of May. At Kiel, the British found the wreck of the pocket Battleship “Admiral Scheer”, which had capsized after being hit by five bombs during a six hundred bomber raid on the night of the 9th and the 10th of April, and the wreck of the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, painted in black and brick red camouflage so that their outlines would merge with the dockside buildings. The burnt out wreck of the pocket Battleship Lutzow scuttled in shallow waters in Swinemunde harbour fell into the hands of the Russians. All these were in Danish ports when the war ended. Of the heavy ships only the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and the light cruisers Nurnberg and Leipzig remained afloat (the latter a virtual wreck after being accidentally rammed by Prinz Eugen off Gdynia October 1944). Heavy Cruiser PRINZ EUGEN at Copenhagen where she surrendered Publication June 2001 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved) Ship sinking, German surrender, German fleet, NÜRNBERG, LEIPZIG, Kriegsmarine, PRINZ EUGEN, U35 RAN Ships None noted. Garden Island Northern Hill and Garden Tour. ![]() Anniversary Cruise: Sydney under Japanese Attack.Royal Australian Naval Transmitting Station ACT. ![]()
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