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    Komet (German for comet) (HSK-7) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in the Second World War, intended for service as a commerce raider...
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    Orion were sunk. On 20 October 1940 she rendezvoused with the German auxiliary cruiser Komet and supply ship Kulmerland. Operating together, they sank another...
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  • Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, the first rocket-powered crewed aircraft German auxiliary cruiser Komet, a ship in World War II KS-1 Komet, a Soviet anti-ship...
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    used since the late 19th century in the role of auxiliary cruisers, also called armed merchant cruisers. Note: This listing is incomplete. The Spanish...
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    revealed by captured German documents. She was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean on 1 July 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser Komet after suffering engine...
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    The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet is a rocket-powered interceptor aircraft primarily designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt...
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    joined the Imperial German Navy in 1911. He was the commander of German auxiliary cruiser Komet during its first raiding cruise from 4 July 1940 to 30 November...
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    Antarctica (United States, 1839 and 1840) In February 1941 the German auxiliary cruiser Komet patrolled the Ross Sea and Antarctic coastline in an unsuccessful...
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  • the Second World War Drayson was decorated for sinking the German Navy auxiliary cruiser Komet. After the War he returned to Cambridge, graduated, and taught...
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    Albrighton was next assigned to search for and destroy the German auxiliary cruiser Komet, then escorted a convoy to Gibraltar in prevision of the Allied...
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    "Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser) Orion". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2013. "Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser) Komet". Retrieved...
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    HMS Quorn (L66) (category Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II)
    of the five destroyers that intercepted the German auxiliary cruiser Komet in the English Channel. Komet was sunk and two M-class minesweepers were heavily...
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    Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    merchant ship Ems for Norddeutscher Lloyd. In WW II converted to German auxiliary cruiser Komet; 1942 sunk by planes and ships of Royal Air Force and Royal...
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  • Dezhnev: Early in World War II Germany made arrangements with the Soviet Union for the German auxiliary cruiser Komet to travel the Northern Sea Route...
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  • but has to withdraw with engine trouble. December 27 – WWII: German auxiliary cruiser Komet shells and heavily damages the phosphate production facilities...
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    Northeast Passage (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    During the early part of World War II, the Soviets allowed the German auxiliary cruiser Komet to use the Northern Sea Route in the summer of 1940 to evade...
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    Nauru (category Former German colonies)
    6 and 7 December 1940, the German auxiliary cruisers Komet and Orion sank five supply ships in the vicinity of Nauru. Komet then shelled Nauru's phosphate...
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    troops after digging up a German land mine along Bita Paka Road during the New Guinea Campaign The German auxiliary cruiser SMS Seeadler Machine gunners...
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  • light cruiser, launched 1908 Kollicker Ort (D116): SK-64-class buoy tender Komet (1913): remote control craft Komet: 7,500 ton unique auxiliary merchant...
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  • and sunk in the Cabot Strait by German submarine U-69. 137 of the 252 on board perished. German auxiliary cruiser Komet was torpedoed and sunk in the English...
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    HMS Tynedale (L96) (category Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II)
    She also participated in a support role in the sinking of the German auxiliary cruiser Komet in October. Tynedale was nominated for service in the Mediterranean...
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    Kriegsmarine (redirect from German War Navy)
    (including auxiliary cruisers) were used to disrupt Allied shipping in the early years of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers Admiral...
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  • List of Kriegsmarine ships (category Articles needing translation from German Wikipedia)
    (Elbing) (1,750 tons, 4 × 105 mm guns) T22 through T36 Atlantis Coronel Hansa Komet Kormoran Michel Orion Pinguin Stier Thor Widder Tannenberg 1935 (5,500 tons...
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    I-class destroyer sunk off the coast of Normandy. Komet  Kriegsmarine 14 October 1942 A German auxiliary cruiser sunk by British motor torpedo boats near La...
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    Antarctica during World War II (category Nazi Germany)
    Ghaleb, Sam (17 December 2020). "German Merchant Cruiser Komet hits seas". Ocean City Today. Retrieved 2021-03-16. "German Raiders in the Pacific | NZETC"...
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    Kulmerland (ship) (category World War II auxiliary ships of Germany)
    supply ship for German auxiliary cruisers in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. In 1942 she became a successful blockade runner to German-occupied Europe...
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    AG Weser (category 1843 establishments in the German Confederation)
    Ems for shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd, in WW II used as auxiliary cruiser Komet, 1942 sunk by planes and ships of Royal Air Force and Royal Navy...
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    Battle of the Atlantic (category Articles containing German-language text)
    facto naval auxiliaries and removed the protection of the cruiser rules.[failed verification] The Treaty of Versailles forbade the Germans to operate U-boats...
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  • MV Alstertor (category Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine)
    ammunition. On the 14 March 1941, Alstertor rendezvoused with the German auxiliary cruiser Komet, in the same bay and was supplied with munitions. Pinguin moored...
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    List of maritime disasters in World War II (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021. "Japanese Auxiliary Cruisers". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 21 October 2022. Submarine History:...
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