![]() Christened by Frau Magda von Horthy, wife of the Hungarian Regent.Ġ2 July 1940: Hit by a bomb during a British air raid on Kiel. Construction number G 564.Ģ2 August 1938: Launched. Towed later to Kwajalein Atoll, the Prinz capsized on 22 December 1946.ġ6 November 1935: Building contract placed.Ģ3 April 1936: Lay down at the Germania shipyards in Kiel. In July 1946, she survived two nuclear tests in Bikini Atoll. The ship finally surrendered to the British at Copenhagen in May 1945, and was then handed over to the Americans. In 1944-1945, the Prinz Eugen was used for shore bombardment off the Baltic coast against the advancing Soviet troops to cover the evacuation of refugees. The ship was not ready for service until the beginning of 1943, and then used for training purposes in the Baltic. Shortly afterwards, while en route to Norway she was torpedoed and damaged by a British submarine off Trondheim. In February 1942, after a period spent in Brest, the Prinz Eugen together with the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, successfully passed through the English Channel on her way back to Germany. She acquired notoriety on her first war mission in May 1941, during the Atlantic sortie with the Bismarck in which the Hood was sunk and the Prince of Wales damaged. The Prinz Eugen (fourth warship to wear that name) was the third and last heavy cruiser commissioned by the Kriegsmarine. ![]() Home Intro Technical History Crew Models Gallery Kriegsmarine Archives More Forum Español UPDATES
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