She supplied German auxiliary ships (surface raiders) such as the Kormoran, Orion and Komet, for a time disguised as a Japanese merchant ship Tokyo Maru.
After her operations in the Pacific she returned to Europe via the Cape of Good Hope, arriving at Nantes in 1943, but was trapped there. On 23 September 1943 she was damaged during an air raid. The ship was scuttled in August 1944 during the German retreat. She was refloated in 1945, but further repairs were abandoned. She was eventually towed to Briton Ferry, Wales, in 1950 for scrapping.[1]
References
^ ab"Kulmerland". frenchlines.com (in French). 2012. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
External links
The supply ship Kulmerland Photo
German Raiders in the Pacific: The Komet Enters the Pacific
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kulmerland, ship, kulmerland, supply, ship, kriegsmarine, that, operated, during, second, world, indian, ocean, pacific, ocean, named, after, kulmerland, region, prussia, with, city, kulm, modern, chełmno, which, 1920, made, part, polish, corridor, historygerm. The Kulmerland was a supply ship of the Kriegsmarine that operated during the Second World War in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean It was named after the Kulmerland region of Prussia with the city of Kulm modern Chelmno which in 1920 was made part of the Polish Corridor HistoryGermanyNameKulmerlandNamesakeKulmerlandOwnerHamburg America LineBuilderDeutsche Werft HamburgLaunched1 August 1928FateScuttled August 1944 Raised 1945 Scrapped 1950She supplied German auxiliary ships surface raiders such as the Kormoran Orion and Komet for a time disguised as a Japanese merchant ship Tokyo Maru Kulmerland was built in 1928 at Deutsche Werft Hamburg for the Hamburg America Line operating on the North Atlantic route 1 After her operations in the Pacific she returned to Europe via the Cape of Good Hope arriving at Nantes in 1943 but was trapped there On 23 September 1943 she was damaged during an air raid The ship was scuttled in August 1944 during the German retreat She was refloated in 1945 but further repairs were abandoned She was eventually towed to Briton Ferry Wales in 1950 for scrapping 1 References Edit a b Kulmerland frenchlines com in French 2012 Archived from the original on 23 January 2013 Retrieved 4 September 2012 External links EditThe supply ship Kulmerland Photo German Raiders in the Pacific The Komet Enters the Pacific This German military article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a specific military ship or boat of Germany is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kulmerland ship amp oldid 1136816571, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
