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small auxiliary cruisers (raiders) of WW II


Ships


Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT (disp., t)

Dimensions, m

(length pp)

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Skorpion (ex-Newhaven) V1601, later Vs111, later Vs61 1911 // 8.1940 F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre, France 1888 (1840) 93.1x10.6x5.00 22 3 geared steam turbines, 4 boilers, 9000 5 x 1 - 75/32 stricken 5.1943


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Natter (V1604, later V1710, later UJ1121) (ex-Casoar) (1935, 581, 1 x 75/32, 9.1940 - 5.1945)

Standard scale images


<i>Skorpion</i> 1941 more than 1000 BRT
Skorpion 1941 more than 1000 BRT


Project history

Small raiders for service in English Channel.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Skorpion was planned to conversion to fighter direction ship, but it was cancelled and since 1943 Skorpion served as barrack ship.