KMS Pinguin Technical Information

Name: KMS Pinguin, Schiff 33, Hilfskreuzer V.
Type: heavy auxiliary cruiser.
Ex-name: Kandelfels, freighter.
Owner: Hansa Line.
Builder: Weser Werk, Bremen.
Date of construction: 1936.
Converted by: Deschimag.
Date of conversion: 1939-40.
Date of commission: 6 February 1940.
Tonnage: 7,766.
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: 17 knots.
Range: 60,000 nautical miles at 12 knots.
Cruising endurance: 207 days at 12 knots.
Maximum horse power: 7,600, turbines.
Propulsion: two 6-cylinder-Diesel.
Propellers: 1.
Number of decks: 2.
Number of holds: 6.
Number of compartments: 7.
Crew: 420.
Aircraft carried: two He 114Bs, spare fuselage and wings, later one Ar 196A-1.
Mines carried: 300.
Armament: six 5.9in (6x1), one 75mm, two 37mm (1x2), four 20mm (4x1), four 21-inch torpedo tubes (2x2).
Length of cruise: 328 days, 15 June 1940 to 8 May 1941.
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