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HSK 5 Pinguin
Auxiliary cruiser

Specifications

The Pinquin was a German Hilfskreuzer (Raider) formerly a freighter named Kandelfels. It was owned by the Hansa Line, Bremen and converted to a war ship by Deschimag, Bremen. Her main armament was taken from the obsolete Battleship Schlesien. On May 8, 1941 she was sunk by HMS Cornwall. She was the first of the German Auxiliary Cruisers to be sunk.

Ordered
Laid down
Launched	1936
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Fate

Displacement
Length	155 m
Width	18.7 m
Draft
Armament	6 x 15 cm 1 x 7.5 cm
Aircraft	2
Torpedoes	4 torpedo pipes 53.3 cm
Mines	380
Propulsion
Speed	17 kn
Range
Complement	401 men
See Also	HSK 1 Orion HSK 2 Atlantis HSK 3 Widder HSK 4 Thor HSK 5 Pinguin HSK 6 Stier HSK 7 Komet HSK 8 Kormoran HSK 9 Michel Coronel Hansa

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HSK 5 PinguinAuxiliary cruiser

HSK 5 Pinguin
Auxiliary cruiser