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Prinz Eugen

heavy cruiser

Escort to Bismarck during Operation Rheinubung, Prinz Eugen fired alongside her in the sinking of HMS Hood before detaching to raid independently. She survived the entire war, was handed to the US Navy and used as a target at the Bikini Atoll atomic tests - which she also survived, capsizing off Kwajalein four months later from leaks nobody was left to repair.

Wikipedia

displacement14,240 tonnes (standard), 19,042 full load
main armament8x 20.3cm guns
fatecapsized off Kwajalein, 22 December 1946

Battle of the Atlantic

USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300), a former German heavy cruiser, ready for target duty in the operation Crossroads a-bomb tests, 14 June 1946.
USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300), a former German heavy cruiser, ready for target duty in the operation Crossroads a-bomb tests, 14 June 1946.U.S. Navy · Public domain · source
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Der Kriegsmaler Dr. J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, der das Gefech
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Der Kriegsmaler Dr. J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, der das GefechLagemann · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Kiel, Kreuzer "Prinz Eugen", Stapellauf Kiel.- Schwerer Kre
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Kiel, Kreuzer "Prinz Eugen", Stapellauf Kiel.- Schwerer KreUnknownUnknown · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source