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- On 4 November Karlsruhe suffered an accidental internal explosion. 262 of her crew, including Köhler, were killed, but other 146 were rescued by two of her supply ships. One of these, the Hoffnung, formerly the British Indrani, was then scuttled. The survivors managed to get back to Germany a month later via Norway on the other, the Rio Negro.
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Oct 23, 2020 · Livia Gershon. Daily Correspondent. October 23, 2020. Researchers say the sunken ship may hold panels from Russia's famed Amber Room, which went missing during World War II. Baltictech. On April...
Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in) Karlsruhe was a light cruiser, the second member of the Königsberg class, and served from November 1929 to May 1938, and again from November 1939 to April 1940, seeing action in World War II. She was operated by two German navies, the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine. She had two sister ships, Königsberg and Köln.
The survivors were saved by two German supply ships and managed to reach Germany on board the blockade runner Rio Negro. Rostock served with the Scouting Group of the High Seas Fleet, and took part in the Battle of Jutland where she received a torpedo hit, and was finally sunk by the German torpedo boats V71 and V73 on 1 June 1916. Rostock 1914
Oct 3, 2020 · Some 113 of its passengers were rescued by the convoy, among the 1,083 on board, according to Nazi Navy documents, a German cable intercepted by the British and survivor accounts stored in German...
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Oct 7, 2020 · Other ships in the convoy pulled only 113 survivors from the sea. Baltictech divers began their search for the Karlsruhe in 2019, using surviving documents from both sides of the war to guide...
Oct 21, 2020 · Two German ships called Karlsruhe sank in the Baltic during World War II—one at the beginning of the war and one at the end.Remarkably, both were identified only this year. In September, the ...
Sep 12, 2020 · The German navy ship Karlsruhe, measuring 174 meters (571 feet), took part in the WWII invasion of Norway. After troops had disembarked on April 9, 1940, the ship was hit by Norwegian artillery ...
