German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
E50514
The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was a World War II Kriegsmarine warship famed for its role alongside battleship Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait and later as a target in postwar nuclear tests.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Prinz Eugen | 2 |
| Admiral Hipper class | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser
ⓘ
German warship ⓘ World War II cruiser ⓘ |
| armamentMainBattery | 8 × 20.3 cm guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondaryBattery | 12 × 10.5 cm guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedoes | 12 torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 21.7 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Germaniawerft ⓘ |
| builtAt | Kiel ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | 1940-08-01 ⓘ |
| contributedTo | sinking of HMS Hood ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| damaged | HMS Prince of Wales ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
Operation Crossroads
ⓘ
surface form:
atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll
|
| displacementFullLoad | over 18,000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 14,000 tons ⓘ |
| engaged |
British battlecruiser HMS Hood
ⓘ
HMS Prince of Wales ⓘ
surface form:
British battleship HMS Prince of Wales
|
| finalFate | capsized and sank at Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ |
| laidDownOn | 1936-04-23 ⓘ |
| launchedOn | 1938-08-22 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 207 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 32 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
one of few major German warships to survive World War II relatively intact
ⓘ
subject of extensive postwar technical evaluation by the United States ⓘ |
| nuclearTestSite | Bikini Atoll ⓘ |
| operatedWith | German battleship Bismarck ⓘ |
| operator | Kriegsmarine ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Channel Dash ⓘ |
| primaryWartimeRole | surface raider and fleet escort ⓘ |
| propulsion | steam turbines ⓘ |
| roleInChannelDash | escort and breakout through English Channel ⓘ |
| sankOn | 1946-12-22 ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic
|
| shipClass |
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Admiral Hipper class
|
| shipType | heavy cruiser ⓘ |
| surrenderedTo | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| tookPartIn |
World War II in the Baltic Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea operations in World War II
Battle of the Denmark Strait ⓘ Operation Cerberus ⓘ Operation Rheinübung ⓘ |
| towedTo | Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ |
| transferredTo | United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedFor | postwar weapons tests ⓘ |
| usedIn | Operation Crossroads ⓘ |
| USNDesignation | USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300) ⓘ |
| wreckLocation | off Enubuj Island, Kwajalein Atoll ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Prinz Eugen
this entity surface form:
Prinz Eugen
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
→
shipClass
→
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Admiral Hipper class