KMS Atlantis Technical Information
Name: KMS Atlantis, Schiff 16, Hilfskreuzer II
Type: heavy auxiliary cruiser
Ex-name: Goldenfels, freighter
Owner: Hansa Line
Builder: Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
Date of construction: 1937
Converted by: Deschimag
Date of conversion: 1939-40
Date of commission: 30 November 1939
Tonnage: 7,862
Displacement: 17,600 tons
Length: 155m (Lloyds Register)
Beam: 18.7m
Draught: 8.7m
Freeboard: 10.2m
Fuel type: oil
Fuel capacity: 3,000 tons
Speed: 16 knots
Range: 60,000 nautical miles at 10 knots
Cruising endurance: 250 days at 10 knots
Maximum horse power: 7,600hp, turbines
Propulsion: two 6-cylinder-Diesel
Propellers: 1
Number of decks: 2
Number of holds: 6
Number of compartments: 8
Crew: 350
Mines carried: 92
Armament: six 5.9-inch (6x1), one 75mm, two 37mm (1x2), four 20mm (4x1), four 21-inch torpedo tubes (4x1)
Aircraft carried: two He 114Bs, later Ar 196A-1s
Length of cruise: 622 days, 11 March 1940 to 22 November 1941 (including time spent in getting crew home after sinking)
Ships sunk or taken:
| Nationality | Type | Name | Tonnage | Date | Result |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Scientist | 6,199 | 3 May 1940 | Sunk |
| Norway | Freighter | Tirranna | 7,230 | 10 June 1940 | Prize |
| Great Britain | Freighter | City of Bagdad | 7,506 | 11 July 1940 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Kemmendine | 7,770 | 13 July 1940 | Sunk |
| Norway | Freighter | Talleyrand | 6,732 | 2 August 1940 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | King City | 4,744 | 24 August 1940 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Tanker | Athelking | 9,557 | 9 September 1940 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Benarty | 5,800 | 10 September 1940 | Sunk |
| France | Passenger | Commissaire Ramel | 10,061 | 20 September 1940 | Sunk |
| Yugoslavia | Freighter | Durmitor | 5,623 | 22 October 1940 | Prize |
| Norway | Tanker | Teddy | 6,748 | 9 November 1940 | Sunk |
| Norway | Tanker | Ole Jakob | 8,306 | 10 November 1940 | Prize |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Automedon | 7,528 | 11 November 1940 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Mandasor | 5,144 | 24 January 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Speybank | 5,154 | 31 January 1941 | Prize |
| Norway | Freighter | Ketty Br�vig | 7,301 | 2 February 1941 | Prize |
| Egypt | Passenger | Zam Zam | 8,299 | 17 April 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Rabaul | 6,809 | 14 May 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Trafalgar | 4,530 | 24 May 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Tottenham | 4,762 | 17 June 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Balzac | 5,372 | 22 June 1941 | Sunk |
| Norway | Freighter | Silvaplana | 4,793 | 10 September 1941 | Prize |
| Grand total 22 ships | 145,968 | ||||