German minelaying cruiser Brummer
- German minelaying cruiser Brummer
"Brummer" was a minelaying cruiser of the German Kriegsmarine during World War Two.
Design
In the mid 1930s two artillery training cruisers were built to drill the gunnery personal of the Kriegsmarine. Although "Brummer" was primarily designed as an AA gunnery training cruiser, she was also fitted for mine laying, her intended primary duty during wartime.
"Brummer" was also used as an experimental ship for the high pressure steam turbine systems designed for the German destroyers. The propulsion system of "Brummer" showed no major design flaws, and the destroyers were fitted with an almost identical system. This design later proved to be unreliable when used in the destroyers.
Early history
After being commissioned in 1936 "Brummer" worked up in the Baltic Sea, and was then attached to the Naval Air Defense and Artillery School (Marineflugabwehr und Küstenartillerieschule) in Swinemünde in the spring of 1937. In 1937 and 1938 "Brummer" made visits to Odde, Göteborg, and Helsingborg.
Wartime career
In September 1939, "Brummer" took part in the German invasion of Poland, laying mines off the Polish coast. In January, 1940 she was used as a commerce raider in the Baltic Sea.
In April 1940, "Brummer" took part in "Operation Weserübung", the invasion of Norway and was used primarily as a command ship of a transport squadron. On April 14 she was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS "Sterlet" off Jutland, losing the complete bow section. The ship was held afloat for nine hours, finally capsizing in the early morning of the next day.
References
* [http://german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/training/brummer/history.html Brummer at german-navy.de]
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