Admiral Hipper

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cruiser
gptkbp:armament 8 × 203 mm guns
12 × 20 mm guns
12 × 105 mm guns
16 × 37 mm guns
gptkbp:armor 100 mm deck armor
50 mm belt armor
gptkbp:builder Deutsche Werke
gptkbp:class gptkb:Admiral_Hipper-class_cruiser
gptkbp:commissioned 1939
gptkbp:crew 1,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:North_Sea
gptkb:Norwegian_Sea
gptkbp:displacement 18,700 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target ship
gptkbp:finalDisposal Scapa Flow
Scapa_Flow,_Orkney_Islands
gptkbp:historical_significance Influenced naval tactics
Participated in major naval battles
First German cruiser of the war
Symbol_of_German_naval_power
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:homePort Kiel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Admiral Hipper
gptkbp:launched 1937
gptkbp:length 202.9 meters
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
Operation Weserübung
Operation Cerberus
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Oskar_Kummetz
gptkb:Admiral_Wilhelm_Canaris
gptkb:Captain_Ernst_von_Leeb
gptkb:Captain_Hans-Joachim_von_Schlichting
Rear Admiral Hermann von Fischel
gptkbp:propulsion 4 × steam turbines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:services Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:München
gptkb:Prinz_Eugen
gptkb:Blücher
gptkb:Lützow
gptkbp:speed 32 knots