KMS Coronel Technical Information

Name: KMS Coronel, Schiff 14, Hilfskreuzer X
Type: heavy auxiliary cruiser, later nightfighter control ship
Ex-name: Togo, freighter
Owner: Woermann Line
Builder: Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack
Date of construction: 1938
Converted by: Blohm & Voss, Wilton
Date of conversion: 1942
Date of commission: December 1942
Tonnage: 5,042
Displacement: 12,700 tons
Length: 134m
Beam: 17.9m
Draught: 7.9m
Freeboard: 12.9m
Fuel type: oil
Fuel capacity: 2,600 tons
Speed: 17 knots
Range: 36,000 nautical miles at 10 knots
Cruising endurance: 150 days at 10 knots
Maximum horse power: 5,100, turbines
Propulsion: four 9-cylinder-Diesel
Propellers: 1
Number of decks: 3
Number of holds: 6
Number of compartments: 6
Crew: 350
Mines carried: 0
Armament: six 5.9-inch (6x1), six 40mm (6x1), eight 20mm (4x2), two 21-inch torpedo tubes (2x1)
Aircraft carried: three, none actually put aboard; one Bachstelze (water wagtail) manned kite
Length of cruise: 29 days, 31 January 1943 to 28 February 1943
Ships sunk or taken:

Nationality Type Name Tonnage Date Result
No ships were sunk or taken.

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