German training ship Hugo Zeye

History
Nazi Germany
Builder	AG Neptun, Rostock
Yard number	482
Laid down	1939
Launched	14 September 1940
Commissioned	19 July 1942
Fate	Sunk 14 March 1945 after hitting a mine
General characteristics
Tonnage	10,750 t (10,580 long tons; 11,850 short tons)
Length	138 m (452 ft 9 in) waterline; 146 m (479 ft 0 in) overall;
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draft	6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) Standard
Propulsion	3 × Cylinder Triple Expansion
Speed	16 knots
Complement	7-50 officers, 169-80 enlisted
Armament	As built:; 4 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30; 14 × 2 cm (0.79 in) FlaK 30; 2 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) quadruple torpedo tubes;
Service record
Part of:	Kriegsmarine
Commanders:	K.Kapt. Warnholtz (Jul 1942 - Nov 1944

Initially built as a combined passenger and transport ship for Turkey, Hugo Zeye was taken over by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine at the outbreak of the war and completed as a torpedo training ship.^[2] Equipped with eight torpedo tubes, the ship was used to train torpedo personnel for surface combat ships in the Baltic Sea.

Fate

In 1945, the ship was used to evacuate military personnel and civilians from East Prussia. On her last evacuation voyage, the ship hit a mine northwest of Fehmarn early on 14 March 1945 and sank in position 54°33′39″N 10°52′30″E / 54.56083°N 10.87500°E / 54.56083; 10.87500.^[1] All but 5 people on board could be saved.^[3]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Gröner 1988, pp. 114–6.
^ "Hugo Zeye Training Ship". Wehrmacht History. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
^ "Kriegsmarine". Hugo Zeye History. Retrieved 2014-10-11.

Bibliography

Gröner, Erich (1988). Hilfsschiffe II: Lazarettschiffe, Wohnschiffe, Schulschiffe, Forschungsfahrzeuge, Hafenbetriebsfahrzeuge (I) (in German). Vol. V. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4804-0. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)