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johnbr · Jan 2, 2017

Beaufighter of No. 404 squadron code EE-C attacking German ship North Sea

johnbr · Jan 2, 2017

Admiral Hipper

Operators: War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svg
Preceded by: Deutschland-class cruiser
Succeeded by: None
In commission: 19391945
Planned: 5
Completed: 3
Cancelled: 2
General characteristics
Class & type: Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
Displacement: Design:
16,170 t (15,910 long tons; 17,820 short tons)
Full load: 18,200 long tons (18,500 t)
Length: 202.8 m (665 ft 4 in) overall
Beam: 21.3 m (69 ft 11 in)
Draft: Full load: 7.2 m (24 ft)
Propulsion:
3 × Blohm & Voss steam turbines - 3 × three-blade propellers - 132,000 shp (98 MW)
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range: 6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement: 42 officers - 1,340 enlisted
Armament:
8 × 20.3 cm (8.0 in) guns - 12 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns - 12 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns - 8 × 2 cm (0.79 in) guns (20×1) - 6 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:
Belt: 70 to 80 mm (2.8 to 3.1 in)
Armor deck: 20 to 50 mm (0.79 to 2.0 in)
Turret faces: 105 mm (4.1 in)
Aircraft carried: 3 aircraft
Aviation facilities: 1 catapult

Wurger · Jan 2, 2017

GrauGeist said:
I wonder what the story is with the one person out of all of them still wearing military (hobnail) boots.

I don't think these shoes were the military boots. These are the clogs or something like that IMHO. The military boots didn't have the wooden soles rather. Also, if these were the military ones these would be stolen either by the Nazi camp guard or other prisoners.