German tanker Spichern
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| Namesake: | Battle of Spicheren |
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| Builder: | Odense Staalskibsværft, Odense |
| Completed: | August 1935 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping in February 1964 |
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| Length: | 480.5 ft (146.46 m) |
| Beam: | 65 ft (19.81 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 7 cylinder engines, 4700 bhp |
Spichern was a German supply ship of World War II.
She was originally the Norwegian tanker Krossfonn, captured by the German auxiliary cruiser Widder in June 1940.[1] On 26 May 1941 she supplied 2660 tons of fuel to the German cruiser Prinz Eugen during Operation Rheinübung, two days after Prinz Eugen separated from the battleship Bismarck.[2]
She was scuttled in Brest on 31 August 1944, raised and put back into Norwegian service post-war.[1]
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