Tuesday 3 January 2012

German Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen

The German Heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen

Class, Admiral Hipper

Speed, 32 knots

Armament, 8 8in guns, 6 torpedo tubes.


The Prinz Eugen served alongside the Bismarck and the 2 battlecruisers, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
The Prinz Eugen surrendered to the Americans and used as a target for one of the A-bomb tests, (Codename Able) at Kwajalein atoll.

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