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	German auxiliary cruiser Komet - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Nazi German Kriegsmarine auxilary cruiser Komet (HSK7) was a commerce raider of the Second World War.
		Between 7 December and 8 December Komet, with fellow auxiliary cruiser Orion sunk four merchant ships off the island of Nauru which were waiting to load phosphate.
		Komet sank with no survivors after she was hit by a torpedo from MTB 236.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Komet (234 words)

	Auxiliary cruiser
		The auxiliary cruiser, also known as the armed merchant cruiser, was a type of warship employed by nearly all naval participants in World War II.
		While the typical British auxiliary cruiser was usually an armed passenger liner used to protect convoys, the German auxiliary cruiser was a normal freighter provided with camouflaged weapons and used as commerce raider.
		The German auxiliary cruiser -- Hilfskreuzer or Handels-Stör-Kreuzer (HSK) -- approached its target under a false flag with its guns concealed and its appearance altered with fake funnels and masts.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/au/Auxiliary_cruiser.html (295 words)

	German art - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about German art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In the 20th century, expressionism began as an almost entirely German movement; Dada was founded in Switzerland; and the Bauhaus school of art and design was influential worldwide.
		Many prehistoric artefacts have been found in Germanic areas, and a wealth of Celtic works remain, but it was not until the Ottonian era that a distinctively national style emerged.
		He twice visited Venice and was strongly influenced by the Renaissance art he saw there, though the influence was mainly confined to his paintings and was not wholly beneficial, as may be seen in his two panels of apostles in Munich.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /German+art (1500 words)

	Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser / Raider) - Komet
		On May 9, while cruising off the coast of western Australia, Eyssen learned of the sinking of the Pinguin by the British heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall, and immediately signalled to the SKL, requesting that her former consort, the whaler Adjutant, be assigned to him so as to enhance his scouting range.
		Komet may have been small, but her armament was almost identical to that of her larger sisters, and her two 6-cylinder diesel powered engines gave her a cruising speed of 16 knots.
		Komet having departed, the freighter was torpedoed and sunk by Orion.
	www.bismarck-class.dk /hilfskreuzer/komet.html (9811 words)

	Vladimir Kroupnik. The "Komet" raider
		From a first glance it was an ordinary cargo-passenger ship, but an experienced seaman would have noticed for sure unusually large crates and covered by tarpaulins numerous installations on its deck and something similar to gun port lids in the upper part of her hull.
		Thus the "Komet" raider with a displacement of 7500 t, armed with six 5.9-inch guns, six AA guns and six torpedo tubes joined the ranks.
		He knew that the "Sydney" cruiser was based in Fremantle (seaport near Perth) and did his best to stay away from the West Australian coast since he understood that his chance will be nil in an encounter with a first class cruiser.
	www.argo.net.au /andre/raiderKOMETENFIN.htm (3737 words)

	Italian Surface Raiders
		This study attempted to emulate the orders given by the Kriegsmarine relative to the creation and utilization of the so-called “auxiliary cruisers.” It should be noted that since 1939 Germany had created the first “raiders”, introducing them, since early 1940, into the oceanic trade routes.
		Atlantis was sunk by the British cruiser Devonshire in the Southern Atlantic Ocean (11/22/1941).
		Komet was sunk near Cap the Hague by the British VAS N 236 (10/14/1942).
	www.regiamarina.net /others/raiders/raiders_us.htm (1150 words)

	CHAPTER 10 — Cruise of the Orion and Komet \| NZETC
		In the afternoon of 21 November the cruiser received orders that, as an enemy raider had been reported by the steamer Maimoa in the south-east Indian Ocean on the previous day, she was to proceed direct to Lyttelton.
		The Komet refuelled from the Kulmerland at Ailinglapalap atoll in the Marshall Islands on 12–13 December, while the Orion cruised in the direction of Ponape, in the Caroline Islands.
		The German raiders' attacks on Nauru Island and its shipping were, in effect, their greatest success in the Pacific, since they seriously affected the volume and continuity of the supplies of phosphates to New Zealand and Australia and, in less degree, to Britain.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy-c10.html (6664 words)

	Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser / Raider) - Introduction
		These ships represented the second wave of auxiliary cruisers and were not the initially improvised ones; the first wave being made up of the large passenger ships already at sea or at neutral ports when the war began.
		Etappendienst was the key for commerce war, for regular naval units, auxiliary cruisers, blockade runners that brought strategic goods to Germany from Japan and other countries, and for the replenishment of fuel, drinking water, food, spares and torpedoes for U-Boats at sea.
		It was more critical for the auxiliary cruisers than for the capital ships, as the latter were never at sea for so many months, and so their replenishment needs were correspondingly less urgent.
	www.deutschland-class.dk /hilfskreuzer/hilfskreuzer_introduction.html (7624 words)

	Central Powers Warship Losses, to January 1916
		Both armoured cruisers sunk by the gun-fire of the British battle-cruisers Invincible Inflexible near the Falkland Islands, 8th Dec., 1914.
		Both light cruisers sunk by the gun-fire of British light cruisers in the Blight of Heligoland, 28th Aug., 1914.
		Auxiliary vessel torpedoed by an unkown British warship (commanded by Lieut.-Commander K.J. Duff-Dunbar, R.N. D.S.O.) on 22nd Dec., 1915.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/losse16.htm (2555 words)

	Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser / Raider) - Kormoran
		The first auxiliary cruiser to be fitted with radar, about which Detmers was an enthusiast, the equipment supplied was still at the prototype stage, and despite diligent attempts to get it to function, he was forced to reluctantly abandon it.
		Satisfied that this meant she was not an auxiliary cruiser, as he had first feared, Detmers nonetheless ordered his crew to action stations and reduced his speed slightly to allow the newcomer to catch up.
		Cruising eastwards on the Fremantle to Cape Town route, Detmers received a signal from the SKL, containing the bad news of the destruction of the Pinguin, sunk by the British cruiser HMS Cornwall, south of the Seychelles, on May 8, with the loss of her captain Ernst-Felix Krüder, 341 of his crew, and 213 prisoners.
	www.bismarck-class.dk /hilfskreuzer/kormoran.html (15150 words)

	Definition of German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
		Atlantis, known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 and to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a converted German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser, or merchant or commerce raider) of the Kriegsmarine, which, during World War II, travelled more than 161,000 km in 602 days, and sank 22 ships totaling 144,384 tons.
		The cruiser carried a dummy funnel, variable-height masts, and was well supplied with paint, canvas, and materials for further altering her appearance, including costumes for the crew and flags.
		The Germans allowed Scherman to take photographs, and although his film was seized when they returned to Europe aboard a German blockade runner, he did manage to smuggle four rolls back to New York.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Atlantis (1920 words)

	German , Nurnberg, Lutzow, Admiral Hipper, Graf Spee, Scheer, Tirpitz, Bismarck, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Graf, ...
		German Heavy Warships and Raiders - Pocket battleship "Admiral Scheer" was hunting in the South Atlantic, while battlecruisers "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" in Germany and heavy cruiser "Hipper" in Brest, France prepared to sail.
		She was sunk by a Czech Liberator of RAF Coastal Command on the 27th, and next day, the 28th, as the German warships returned to base they were intercepted by 6in cruisers "Glasgow" and "Enterprise".
		Between the 22nd and 29th, three strikes were made, but in two of them the German ship was obscured by smoke; and although a hit was obtained on the 24th, the bomb failed to explode.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsGermanWarships.htm (6940 words)

	Komet (HSK7)
		Komet operated in the Pacific for about one year and returned to Germany on 30.11.1941.
		On 14.10.1942 the Komet and its escorts were attacked by British MTBs near Cape de la Hague.
		The auxiliary cruiser sunk after a torpedo hit by the British MTB 236 with not survivors.
	www.german-navy.de /kriegsmarine/ships/auxcruiser/komet/index.html (159 words)

	USSR in alliance with nazi Germany [Archive] - WW2inColor Talk
		On the 21st of December 1940 "Komet", "Orion" and "Kulmerland" anchored by the Emirau Island north of Kavieng.
		Among Stalin's un-neutral acts: granting the Germans the use of a U-Boat replenishment base near Murmansk (Basis Nord); facilitating the travel of German commerce raiders from the North Sea across north Russia to the Pacific; and cooperating with the German seizure of the American merchant vessel, City of Flint.
		The German liner "Bremen" found refuge there, as did a succession of blockade breaking vessels; and measures violating international law were adopted by the soviet authorities to allow the Germans to escape with a captured American merchant ship, "City of Flint".
	www.ww2incolor.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-3695.html (9713 words)

	The Raiding Cruise of the Admiral Scheer
		Hampered by mechanical problems, the ship was limited to short cruises in the local area until her refit began in April, 1940.
		This left only the heavy cruiser Hipper available for raiding, and she was quite unsuitable, due to her unreliable machinery and excessive fuel consumption.
		The captured Duquesa, provider of much welcomed meat and eggs to the German raiders, continued to supply Pinguin until February, when the fuel to run her refrigeration ran out, and she was finally sunk.
	www.bobhenneman.info /bhrcas.htm (1561 words)

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		And because they would operate in seas dominated by the enemy’s fleet and air force, their ships were made to appear as innocent merchantmen; to operate as stealth ships.
		In World War I the Germans did use several liners, but these were ships that were far from home when war broke out and had no hope of getting past the blockade and back to Germany.
		HSK 7 KOMET: Albatros 16, Neptun 1024, Hansa 194.
	www.steelnavy.com /1250GermanRaiders.htm (662 words)

	1940
		A fierce engagement between German and British naval forces in the second battle of Narvik at Jössing Fjord, which results in the sinking of 8 German destroyers and a U-Boat whose surviving crews join Gebirgsjäger units defending isolated Narvik.
		The German heavy cruiser Gneisenau is damaged by a torpedo from the British submarine Clyde.
		The German raider Komet leaves Bergen in Norway for operations in the Pacific via the Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean assisted by Russian icebreakers.
	www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1940seawar.asp (1067 words)

	Polish Navy Homepage 1939-1947 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The purpose of the operation was to destroy the German base and installations on the Lofoten Islands.
		On 3.III.1943 Krakowiak fought in the English Channel with German Schnellboats, during which probably S 70 (but this is unconfirmed) was sunk by the Polish destroyer.
		On reaching and boarding the first of the ships, the Germans began to flee from one ship to the next and then to the third, leaving their dead and wounded behind, running along the breakwater to join other German troops on shore.
	www.polishnavy.pl /ships/destroyers/krakowiak/operational.html (930 words)

	Auxiliary Cruiser
		The auxiliary cruisers of the Kriegsmarine were converted merchant, equipped with guns and torpedoes to attack Allied merchant shipping.
		During their operations, the nine auxiliary cruisers sunk over 140 ships with over 700000 t.
		When the Australian CL Sydney wanted to inspect the auxiliary cruiser Kormoran and closed up to 1000m, the Kormoran opened fire and was able to sink the Australian ship (but was lost because of too much damage during this battle).
	www.german-navy.de /kriegsmarine/ships/auxcruiser/index.html (196 words)

	articles - Komet
		The Komet was not built as a naval vessel, and was classed as a yacht of 977 tons displacement, serving as the administrative vessel within German New Guinea.
		A footnote to the Komet story is that on 12.5.15 Colonel J. Paton of ANMEF HQ Staff was court-martialled in Sydney on a charge of looting cutlery from the Komet.
		The Komet was in fact the German Governor’s new administrative yacht that managed to evade the Australian fleet that headed to Rabaul in early August 1914.
	www.pngaa.net /Articles/articles_Komet.htm (2343 words)

	German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran - Definition, explanation
		The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8, Schiff 41, Raider G) was a warship used in World War II.
		In common with other auxiliary cruisers, it had substantial (hidden) armament: six 150mm (5.9 in) guns, torpedoes and seaplanes, but lacked the armour protection and speed of a proper warship.
		The German vessel was posing as the Dutch freighter Straat Malakka.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/g/ge/german_auxiliary_cruiser_kormoran.php (752 words)

	German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran Information
		The largest of the German raiders, Kormoran operated in the South Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and the South Pacific.
		In common with other auxiliary cruisers, it had substantial (hidden) armament: six 150 mm (5.9 in) guns, torpedoes and seaplanes, but lacked the armour protection, control systems, and speed of a proper warship.
		The fact that the only survivors of the battle were German, has allowed the battle between Sydney and Kormoran to become the subject of much controversy, speculation and conspiracy theory.
	www.bookrags.com /German_auxiliary_cruiser_Kormoran (605 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot 20th Century Diary
		German Raiders Orion and Komet sink five ships off Nauru.
		Raider Pinguin and her Auxiliary Passat mine Sydney approaches, the Hobart Entrance, Bass Strait and St. Vincent's Gulf.
		Vampire rescues survivors of Prince of Wales and Repulse sunk by Japanese aircraft in Malacca Straits.
	www.gunplot.net /randiary/ranmilennium3.html (781 words)

	Quorn Country Hotel
		The second ''Quorn'' (L66), launched in 1940, was a Hunt-class destroyer sunk by the Germans in 1944.
		On the 13 October 1942 ''Quorn'' was one of the five destroyers that intercepted the German auxiliary cruiser ''Komet'' in the English Channel.
		''Komet'' was sunk and two M-class minesweepers were heavily damaged and set on fire.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/162/quorn-country-hotel.html (1812 words)

	Stein and Lora's Home on the Web: Photo Album - Espen & Truls
		During her service in the Norwegian navy, she was credited with taking part in sinking the German submarine U-401, rescuing a total of 61 sailors from torpedoed allied ships and shooting down one German aircraft.
		Sverre served aboard the Eskdale for almost a year, taking part in the sinking of the German auxiliary cruiser Komet and a german destroyer in the English channel, before the Eskdale was sunk by torpedoes from German E-boats on the night between April 13th and 14th 1943.
		On May 16th, 1945, a week after the Germans had capitulated, KNM Stord came in to Tromsø in Norway, met by hundreds of fishing boats flying the Norwegian flag and saluting her.
	home.online.no /~steinjr/album/kids/2002/05/us/index.html (760 words)

	German Raiders of World War II quiz -- free game
		German Raiders of World War II quiz -- free game
		Name the commander of Hilfskreuzer Michel on her second cruise.
		Which Hilfskreuzer was sunk in the English Channel while attempting to break out on her second raiding cruise?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz218806190da58.html (179 words)

	Marauders of the Sea - Page 1
		The proposed German offensive in the west was postponed many times due to the prevailing appaling weather.
		Timing was paramount, waters of the far north were usually deserted, but the imminent German attack on Norway would, no doubt, attract the attention of the British Home Fleet.
		"Atlantis" sailed only a week before German forces departed for the Norway Campaign and was disguised as the "Krim," a Russian auxiliary warship.
	members.tripod.com /Tenika/qships/p1.htm (470 words)

	Polish Navy Homepage 1939-1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Franciszek Pitulko) during escorting ON-166 convoy heavily damaged with depth charges German submarine U 606, which surfaced and then was rammed by American gunboat Campbell, with 36 hands lost.
		She received a hit in the B gun, and lost 4 sailors, though was fullly operational already in end of September.
		Leberecht Maas was sunk with Max Schultz in error attack by German bombers in the North Sea on 22.II.1940.
	www.polishnavy.pl /facts.html (698 words)

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