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HMS Rawalpindi was a British armed merchant cruiser (a converted ocean liner employed as a convoy escort, as a patrol vessel, or to enforce a blockade) that was sunk in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the first months of the Second World War.
September 1939 wurde das umgerüstete Schiff als HMS (His Majesty’s Ship) Rawalpindi der Admiralität überstellt. Es diente fortan in der Northern Patrol , einer Operation der Royal Navy, welche die Gewässer um Island herum kontrollierte.
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HMS Rawalpindi was a converted passenger ship that was sunk by the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst in November 1939. Learn about its history, armament, commands and notable events involving Rawalpindi.
Rawalpindi was a British merchant vessel converted into an armed cruiser in 1939. She was sunk by German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in her first patrol, despite sending false reports of the enemy.
- United Kingdom
- R-class Merchant Vessel
- 22 Aug 1925
HMS Rawalpindi was a converted liner that fought against the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the North Atlantic in 1939. Learn how this auxiliary cruiser displayed courage and heroism in the face of overwhelming odds and sunk many German ships.
18. Nov. 2005 · A survivor's account of the attack and sinking of HMS Rawalpindi by German ships in 1939. He describes the chaos, the fire, the lifeboat and the rescue by another ship.
Nach Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs diente das Schiff als HMS Rawalpindi als Hilfskreuzer, bis es am 23. November 1939 von den deutschen Schlachtschiffen Scharnhorst und Gneisenau südöstlich von Island versenkt wurde. 265 Menschen starben. Die Rawalpindi war der erste im Zweiten Weltkrieg versenkte britische Armed Merchant Cruiser .
