Admiral Hipper was the lead ship of the Admiral Hipper class of heavy cruisers which served with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship...
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Admiral Hipper class was a group of five heavy cruisers built by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine beginning in the mid-1930s. The class comprised Admiral Hipper...
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Admiral Hipper may refer to: Franz von Hipper (1863–1932), German Admiral who served in World War I German cruiser Admiral Hipper, a German heavy cruiser...
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Franz Ritter von Hipper (13 September 1863 – 25 May 1932) was an admiral in the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Franz von Hipper joined the German...
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German cruiser Lützow (1939) (redirect from German cruiser Luetzow (Hipper class))
cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, the fifth and final member of the Admiral Hipper class, but was never completed. The ship was laid down in August 1937...
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(armored ships). Four different designs—the Deutschland, D, P, and Admiral Hipper classes, comprising twenty-two ships in total—were prepared in the period...
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signalling for help. The request was soon answered by Admiral Hipper who spotted Glowworm at 09:50. Hipper initially had difficulty in distinguishing Glowworm...
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gone. The ruse worked: Admiral Hipper temporarily retired, since Kummetz had been ordered not to risk his ships. Admiral Hipper returned to make a second...
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chivalrously picked up by the Admiral Hipper. Lt-Cdr Roope drowned in the course of assisting the rescue of survivors. The Admiral Hipper's commander, Kapitän zur...
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September 1939, Admiral Scheer remained at anchor in the Schillig roadstead outside Wilhelmshaven, with the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. On 4 September...
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also convey Lütjens' order to Admiral Hipper to join the German battleships in the return journey to Germany. Admiral Hipper joined in the morning of 12...
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Erich Raeder (redirect from Admiral Erich Raeder)
of Jutland in 1916. Raeder later described Hipper as an admiral who "hated paperwork"; accordingly, Hipper delegated considerable power to Raeder, who...
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between 30 November and 27 December 1940 by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. It was part of the Battle of the Atlantic of World War II, with the...
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Hipper may refer to: Admiral Hipper (disambiguation) Admiral Franz von Hipper German cruiser Admiral Hipper River Hipper, a tributary of the River Rother...
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MS Borgestad (section Encounter with Admiral Hipper)
1925. The vessel is known for having engaged the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper to protect a convoy, where many of the vessels managed to escape thanks...
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German cruiser Blücher (category Admiral Hipper-class cruisers)
Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (lit. 'War Navy'), built after the rise of the Nazi Party...
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would be out of action for months and Admiral Scheer was still being refitted. Blücher; one of the two Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers, had been sunk...
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heavy cruisers. In 1940, she was renamed Lützow, after the unfinished Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser Lützow was sold to the Soviet Union the previous...
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ram and damage Admiral Hipper and sent out a warning message to the British fleet. Shortly after the fight with Glowworm, Admiral Hipper and her four destroyers...
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on 23 November. Both battleships, accompanied by the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and two destroyers, sortied to attack convoys travelling between the...
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cruiser Admiral Hipper and ten destroyers. With intelligence suggesting that the Germans were massing ships, the British sent out a squadron under Admiral Sir...
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German cruiser Seydlitz (category Admiral Hipper-class cruisers)
Seydlitz was a heavy cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, fourth in the Admiral Hipper class, but was never completed. The ship was laid down in December 1936...
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hospital ship Atlantis. Juniper was sunk by gunfire from Admiral Hipper. Marschall then sent Admiral Hipper and the destroyers to Trondheim to refuel. Later that...
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launched on 22 July 1935, sunk on 8 April 1940 by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper off Norway. Glowworm was allocated to a G-class destroyer under construction...
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The 20.3 cm SK C/34 was the main battery gun used on the German Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers. These built-up guns consisted of a rifled tube encased...
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the morning of 31 December when the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper attacked the convoy. Admiral Hipper was first held at bay by the British destroyers HMS Onslow...
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name Hipper, after Franz von Hipper. German cruiser Admiral Hipper, an Admiral Hipper-class cruiser, in service 1939–1945. German frigate Hipper (F214)...
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strikes. On 25 December 1940, Berwick engaged the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper off the Canaries when she formed part of the escort to convoy WS-5A...
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stragglers, was returning to the convoy when she encountered Admiral Hipper and three destroyers. Hipper promptly opened fire with her 8 in (200 mm) guns. Bramble...
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German cruiser Prinz Eugen (category Admiral Hipper-class cruisers)
Prinz Eugen (German pronunciation: [ˈpʁɪnts ɔʏˈɡeːn]) was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, the third of a class of five vessels. She served with...
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