German Cruiser Leipzig
The
German
light cruiser
Leipzig
was the lead ship of the
Leipzig
class (sister ship
Nrnberg
). She was the fourth German warship to carry the name. She was built at
Wilhelmshaven
and launched on
18 October
1929
. On
13 December
1939
she was torpedoed by the
Royal Navy
submarine
Salmon
and severely damaged. Only repaired as a training cruiser she remained in the
Baltic Sea
and on
15 October
1944
was rammed amidships by the
heavy cruiser
Prinz Eugen
in heavy fog. Heavily damaged and effectively immobilised she contined to serve as a training, barracks and
flak
ship. At the end of the
World War II
Nrnberg
was surrendered to British forces and was scuttled in the
North Sea
with a cargo of
gas munitions
on
16 December
1946
.
References
Grner, Erich; Jung, Dieter; & Maass, Martin (1990).
German Warships 1815-1945: Volume One
(1st English ed.). London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-533-0.
External links
*
German Naval History - Light Cruise Leipzig
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