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Name | Santa Cruz |
Operator | Oldenburg Portuguese Line (OPDR) |
Builder | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
Laid down | 1938 |
Launched | 16 March 1938 |
Homeport | Hamburg |
Fate | Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine, 1939 |
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Name | Thor |
Namesake | Thor |
Operator | Kriegsmarine |
Yard number | 4 |
Acquired | Requisitioned, 1939 |
Recommissioned | March 1940 |
Renamed | Thor, 1940 |
Reclassified | Auxiliary cruiser, 1940 |
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Fate | Destroyed by fire in Yokohama, Japan, 30 November 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 3,862 GRT |
Displacement | 9,200 tons |
Length | 122 m (400 ft) |
Beam | 16.7 m (55 ft) |
Propulsion | Oil fired steam turbine |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Range | 40,000 nmi (74,000 km; 46,000 mi) |
Complement | 349 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 Arado Ar 196 A-1 |
Thor (HSK 4) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in World War II, intended for service as a commerce raider. Also known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 10; to the Royal Navy she was Raider E. She was named after the Germanic deity Thor.
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