Prinz Eugen (Admiral Hipper-Class, Ship 3)
Most Famous German Heavy Cruiser - ONLY Major German Surface Ship to Survive WWII - Commissioned 1940, third Admiral Hipper-class ship. 14,050 tons, 8× 20.3cm guns, 32.5 knots. Operation Rheinübung (May 1941): Bismarck's escort, Battle of Denmark Strait (24 May 1941, sank HMS Hood with Bismarck), detached to Atlantic raiding. Channel Dash (Operation Cerberus, Feb 1942): Breakout from Brest with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, successfully reached Germany. Battle of Barents Sea (31 Dec 1942): Attacked Convoy JW 51B. Surrendered Copenhagen (8 May 1945). US war prize: Atomic bomb tests (Bikini Atoll, July 1946), survived 2 tests (Able + Baker), capsized from radioactive damage (Kwajalein, 22 Dec 1946). Wreck remains.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 16970 t
- Displacement (full)
- 18200 t
- Length
- 697.2 ft
- Beam
- 71.2 ft
- Crew
- 1600
- Ships built
- 1 (third Admiral Hipper-class ship)
- Commissioned
- 1940
- Decommissioned
- 1946 (capsized)
Performance
- Top speed
- 32 kn
- Range
- 6800 nm at 20 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 20.3cm (8-inch) SK C/34 (4× twin turrets)
- Secondary guns
- 12× 10.5cm SK C/33 AA
- Torpedoes
- 12× 53.3cm (4× triple mounts)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 70-80mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 30-50mm
- Fire control
- Advanced stereoscopic rangefinders with FuMO 23 radar
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 186.12
- Research cost
- 147,407
- Credit cost
- 130,284
Notable
- Most famous German heavy cruiser (Bismarck's escort, survived WWII)
- ONLY major German surface ship to survive WWII
- Operation Rheinübung (Bismarck's escort, May 1941, sank HMS Hood)
- Channel Dash (Operation Cerberus, Feb 1942, breakout from Brest)
- Battle of Barents Sea (31 Dec 1942, attacked Convoy JW 51B)
- US war prize (1945-1946, atomic bomb tests Bikini Atoll)
- Survived 2 atomic bomb tests (Able + Baker, July 1946)
- Capsized at Kwajalein (22 Dec 1946, radioactive damage)