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      Kriemhild      

Country: Germany.
Class, [Type]: Kriemhild, [AR].

Builder: Shipyard Linz, Austria.
Laid down date: 1938.
Launch date: 15 September 1939.
Commission date: 30 April 1940.
Decommission date: 8 May 1945.

Displacement ( tons ): 693 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 67 x 9,5 x 1,43.
Main machinery: 2 x diesels Deutz ( 880 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 10,8.
Complement: 32 plus 74 passengers.

Guns: 2 x 1 20mm, 2 x 1 7,9mm machine guns; 8 x 1 12,7mm machine guns, 3 x 1 40mm Flak28, 1 x 1 81mm mortair (after modernization ).
Capacity ( tons ): 220.
Comment: Captured by U.S. forces, renamed the Oregon, was used as a command ship until 1948.

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Similar units:
Kriegsmarine  Brunhild
Kriegsmarine  Uta
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