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  • German auxiliary cruiser Orion
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  • Orion (HSK-1) was an auxiliary cruiser of the German navy which operated as a merchant raider during World War II. Built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg in 1930/31 as the freighter Kurmark, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine at the outbreak of World War II and converted into the auxiliary cruiser Orion, commissioned on 9 December 1939. Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 36, her Royal Navy designation was Raider A. She was named after the constellation Orion.
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Ship operator
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  • yes
Ship displacement
  • 15700
Ship aircraft
  • 1
Ship laid down
  • 1930
Ship commissioned
  • 1930
  • 1939-12-09
Ship nickname
  • HSK-1
  • Raider A
  • Schiff-36
Ship reclassified
  • --12-09
Ship armament
  • 6
Ship renamed
  • Orion
  • Hektor
Ship fate
  • --05-04
  • Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine, 1939
Ship complement
  • 356
Ship yard number
  • 1
Ship propulsion
  • steam turbines , one shaft, 4 boilers,
Ship flag
  • 50
Ship class
Ship country
  • Germany
  • Nazi Germany
Ship namesake
Ship acquired
  • Requisitioned, 1939
Ship launched
  • 1930
Ship christened
  • Kurmark
Ship Name
  • Orion
  • Kurmark
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  • Orion (HSK-1) was an auxiliary cruiser of the German navy which operated as a merchant raider during World War II. Built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg in 1930/31 as the freighter Kurmark, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine at the outbreak of World War II and converted into the auxiliary cruiser Orion, commissioned on 9 December 1939. Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 36, her Royal Navy designation was Raider A. She was named after the constellation Orion.
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