


Carl Peters
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | Carl Peters-class Tender |
Builder | Neptun Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik Gmbh |
Ordered | 17 Sep 1936 |
Launched | 20 Feb 1939 |
Commissioned | 6 Jan 1940 |
Sunk | 14 May 1945 |
Displacement | 3,600 tons standard |
Length | 374 feet |
Beam | 48 feet |
Draft | 14 feet |
Machinery | 4 MAN diesel engines, 2 shafts |
Power Output | 12,400 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 23 knots |
Crew | 225 |
Armament | 4x10.5cm guns, 2x8.8cm guns, 1x4cm anti-aircraft gun, 6x3.7cm anti-aircraft guns, 8x2cm guns |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseFleet tender Carl Peters was commissioned into serivce in 1940, and throughout the war she supplied torpedoes, depth charges, ammunition, and medical services for smaller craft. In this role, she supported the Norwegian invasion in 1940, sustaining damage off Bergen. After seeing service in the English Channel and Baltic Sea, she struck a mine a week after the end of the European War in May 1945 and sank.
ww2dbaseSource: german-navy.de
Last Major Revision: May 2020
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Carl Peters Operational Timeline
13 Apr 1939 | Fleet tender Carl Peters was launched at the Neptun Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik shipyard in Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany. |
1 Jun 1940 | Fleet tender Carl Peters was commissioned into service. |
14 May 1945 | Fleet tender Carl Peters struck a mine and sank. |
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