German auxiliary cruiser Widder
Widder (HSK 3) was an auxiliary cruiser (Hilfskreuzer) of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that was used as a merchant raider in the Second World War. Her Kriegsmarine designation was Schiff 21, to the Royal Navy she was Raider D. The name Widder (Ram) represents the constellation Aries in German.
Widder | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany | |
| Owner | HAPAG |
| Builder | Howaldtswerke, Kiel |
| Launched | 1930 |
| Christened | Neumark |
| Homeport | Kiel |
| Fate | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine 1939 |
| Nazi Germany | |
| Namesake | Aries |
| Operator | Kriegsmarine |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss |
| Yard number | 3 |
| Acquired | 1939 |
| Recommissioned | 9 December 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 1941 |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | Auxiliary cruiser, 1939 |
| Homeport | Kiel |
| Nickname(s) |
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| Fate | War reparation to the United Kingdom |
| United Kingdom | |
| Namesake | Ulysses |
| Acquired | circa 1945 |
| Renamed | Ulysses |
| Fate | Sold, 1950 |
| Germany | |
| Acquired | 1950 |
| Renamed | Fechenheim |
| Fate | Wrecked near Bergen, 1955 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Merchant vessel |
| Tonnage | 7,851 GRT |
| Displacement | 16,800 tons |
| Length | 152 m (499 ft) |
| Beam | 18.2 m (60 ft) |
| Draught | 8.3 m (27 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range | 34,000 nmi (63,000 km; 39,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Endurance | 141 days |
| Complement | 364 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × Heinkel He 114B |
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