KMS Hansa Technical Information

Name: KMS Hansa, Schiff 5, Hilfskreuzer XI
Type: heavy auxiliary cruiser
Ex-name: Glengarry, freighter
Owner: Alfred Holt, seized at Copenhagen
Builder: Burmeister and Wain
Date of construction: 1939
Converted by: Blohm & Voss, Wilton
Date of conversion: 1942-43
Date of commission: 1943
Tonnage: 9,138
Displacement: 19,200 tons
Length: 153m
Beam: 20.1m
Draught: 8.7m
Fuel type: oil
Fuel capacity: 4,500 tons
Speed: 16 knots
Range: 65,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
Cruising endurance: 176 days at 15 knots
Maximum horse power: 9,000hp, turbines
Propulsion: two 6-cylinder-Diesel
Propellers: 1
Number of decks: 3
Number of holds: 6
Armament: eight 5.9-inch (6x1), one 105mm, eight 37mm (4x2), thirty-six 20mm (18x2), four 21-inch torpedo tubes (4x1)
Aircraft carried: one catapult, none actually put aboard
Length of cruise: never set sail
Ships sunk or taken:

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

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