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Jester · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2003, 07:11:12 PM »

German Aux. Cruiser KMS ATLANTIS (Ex-Goldenfels)
Captain Bernhard Rogge
(SHIFF #16 to the Germans, RAIDER C to the British)

22 Ships sunk or taken (Includeing 3 prizes) = 145,697 tons.

Sunk by British Heavy Cruiser H.M.S. Devonshire.

NOTE: This picture of the raider Atlants, in the diguise of the S.S. Tamesis, was taken by LIFE photographer David Scherman from a lifeboat just after the raider had attacked and sank the ship S.S. Zamzam that he was a passenger on. He smuggled the film past the German guards in a tube of toothpaste and it was the first photo the Allies had of the raider.

Fridaddy · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2003, 07:56:52 PM »

Yea, what he said.

Fishu · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2003, 10:49:31 PM »

Sounds like I wouldn't want to be the coast guard trying to stop that cargo vessel.

Jester · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2003, 11:08:10 PM »

The German Hilfskreuzer (Aux. Cruisers) were indeed bad news. One even managed to sink the Australian Light Cruiser H.M.A.S. SYDNEY in a battle before herself being sunk.
But even with their heavy armament they were still converted merchant ships designed to hunt other merchant ships and could not stand in battle for long with a proper warship.

Atlantis's armament was:
6 x 5.9" main guns
1 x 75mm bow chaser
1 x twin 37mm AA Gun
4 x single 20mm AA Guns
4 x single 21" torpedo tubes
92 x mines - magnetic and contact.
2 x HE 114 Seaplanes (Later AR 196's)

Some of the other Aux. Cruisers carred even more AAA guns and one even carried a mini-E-Boat.

brady · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2003, 02:15:29 PM »

ATLANTIS, it is:)

I love reading of thier exploit's, amasing stuff, One of them ( I forget witch) Took on a Japanese Float plane ( while they were in Japan geting suplies) that had be painted in British/comenwealth collors for scouting use, they operated all over the world.