Admiral Hipper was the lead ship of the Admiral Hipper class of heavy cruisers which served with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1935 and launched in February 1937; Admiral Hipper entered service shortly before the outbreak of war, in April 1939.

The Admiral Hipper class was a group of five heavy cruisers built by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine beginning in the mid-1930s. The class comprised Admiral Hipper , the lead ship , Blücher , Prinz Eugen , Seydlitz , and Lützow .

2023年3月9日 · KMS Hipper and her sister ships were the first and only heavy cruiser class ever built by Germany. They were enabled by the 1935 Anglo-German naval agreement and were intended still as commerce raiders and to screen for battleships, but cheating on tonnage.

2023年10月18日 · The Admiral Hipper was a German heavy cruiser and the lead ship of its class, commissioned in 1939 during World War II. Representing the pinnacle of interwar German naval design, it was equipped with formidable armament and advanced fire control systems.

2018年8月12日 · Admiral Hipper was a heavy cruiser of the German navy. It received his name in honor of the admiral of the German fleet – Franz Ritter von Hipper. Admiral Hipper was laid in 1935, and on April 29, 1939, officially joined the Kriegsmarine.

Germany was still not in a position to build a 'Heavy Cruiser' legally, but work continued in secret, an order for the two leading ships, Admiral Hipper and Blucher, being placed as eary as 30 October 1934. The situation was resolved by Hitler's abrogation of …

2018年2月20日 · The Admiral Hipper, with 900 soldiers of the 3rd Mountain Division on board, leaves Cuxhaven at night escorted by the destroyers Paul Jacobi, Friedrich Eckoldt, Bruno Heinemann, and Theodor Riedel, with 800 soldiers more.

Admiral Hipper is put into active fleet service. Together with BCs Scharnhorst , Gneisenau and several destroyers, the Admiral Hipper operated between Britain and Scandinavia to attack allied convoys. No enemy ships were found during this operation.

The German cruiser Admiral Hipper was the principal ship of the Admiral Hipper class heavy cruisers which served with the Kriegsmarine, the German Navy in World War II. The ship was called after Admiral Franz von Hipper, commander of the German battlecruiser squadron throughout the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and subsequently commander in chief ...

Hipper/Prinz Eugen Class Heavy Cruisers. Photographs and history of the German heavy cruiser of the Hipper/Prinz Eugen Class, including Admiral Hipper, Blücher, Prinz Eugen, Lützow and Seydlitz. Admiral Hipper: 6th February 1937: Scuttled in May 1945. Blücher: 8th June 1937: Sunk on 9th April 1940. Prinz Eugen