German training ship Hugo Zeye

Initially built as a combined passenger and transport ship for Turkey, Hugo Zeye was taken over by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine at the outbreak of the war and completed as a torpedo training ship.[2] Equipped with eight torpedo tubes, the ship was used to train torpedo personnel for surface combat ships in the Baltic Sea.

History
Nazi Germany
Builder: AG Neptun, Rostock
Yard number: 482
Laid down: 1939
Launched: 14 September 1940
Commissioned: 19 July 1942
Fate: sunk 14 March 1945 after hitting a mine
General characteristics [1]
Tonnage: 10,750 t (10,580 long tons; 11,850 short tons)
Length:
Beam: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draft: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) Standard
Propulsion: 3 × Cylinder Triple Expansion
Speed: 16 knots
Complement: 7-50 officers, 169-80 enlisted
Armament:
Service record
Part of: Kriegsmarine
Commanders: K.Kapt. Warnholtz (Jul 1942 - Nov 1944

Fate

In 1945, the ship was used to evacuate military personnel and civilians from East Prussia. On her last evacuation voyage, the ship hit a mine northwest of Fehmarn early on 14 March 1945 and sank in position 54°33′39″N 10°52′30″E.[1] All but 5 people on board could be saved.[3]

References

Notes
  1. Gröner 1988, pp. 114-6.
  2. "Hugo Zeye Training Ship". Wehrmacht History. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  3. "Kriegsmarine". Hugo Zeye History. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
Bibliography
  • Gröner, Erich (1988). Hilfsschiffe II: Lazarettschiffe, Wohnschiffe, Schulschiffe, Forschungsfahrzeuge, Hafenbetriebsfahrzeuge (I). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945 (in German). V. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4804-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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