Raiding Career
Schiff 33, the Pinguin had sailed over 59,000 miles more than twice the circumference of the Earth in 357 days at sea. She sank or captured 28 ships, a total of 136,642 gross register tons. 52,000 tons was sent back to Germany under prize crews. A further four ships were sunk by mines, a total of 18,068 tons. The Pinguin's grand total amounts to 154,710 gross register tons. The Pinguin was the first of the Kriegsmarine's Auxiliary Cruisers to be sunk.
Date | Name | Displacement | Fate | Type | Nationality | Notes |
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31 July 1940 | Domingo de Larrinaga | 5,358 GRT | Sunk | Freighter | United Kingdom | Sunk by torpedo |
27 August 1940 | Filefjell | 6,901 GRT | Sunk | Tanker | Norway | Sunk by explosive charges |
27 August 1940 | British Commander | 5,008 GRT | Sunk | Tanker | United Kingdom | Sunk by torpedo |
27 August 1940 | Morviken | 7,616 GRT | Sunk | Freighter | Norway | Sunk by explosive charges |
12 September 1940 | Benavon | 5,872 GRT | Sunk | Freighter | United Kingdom | Sunk by gunfire, 21 dead |
16 September 1940 | Nordvard | 4,111 GRT | Captured | Freighter | Norway | Valuable cargo of wheat, dispatched to Bordeaux with 200 prisoners, safely arrived, later used as a blockade runner |
7 October 1940 | Storstad | 8,998 GRT | Captured | Tanker | Norway | Converted to minelayer, renamed Passat, sent with 100 mines to Bass Strait then dispatched to Bordeaux |
19 November 1940 | Nowshera | 7,920 GRT | Sunk | Freighter | United Kingdom | Sunk by explosive charges, 113 prisoners |
20 November 1940 | Maimoa | 10,123 GRT | Sunk | Freighter | United Kingdom | Hundreds of tons of frozen meat, butter and eggs transferred to Pinguin, sunk by explosive charges |
21 November 1940 | Port Brisbane | 8,739 GRT | Sunk | Freighter | United Kingdom | Sunk by torpedo |
30 November 1940 | Port Wellington | 8,303 GRT | Sunk | Freighter | United Kingdom | Sunk by gunfire, 82 prisoners including 7 women. |
14 January 1941 | Ole Wegger | 12,201 GRT | Captured | Whaling Factory Ship | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Solglimt | 12,246 GRT | Captured | Whaling Supply-ship | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Torlyn | 247 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Pol VIII | 293 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Pol IX | 354 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Converted into auxiliary, renamed Adjutant |
14 January 1941 | Pol X | 354 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Pelagos | 12,083 GRT | Captured | Whaling Factory Ship | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Star XIV | 247 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Star XIX | 249 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Sunk by HMS Scarborough |
14 January 1941 | Star XX | 249 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Star XXI | 298 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Star XXII | 303 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Star XXIII | 357 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Dispatched to Bordeaux |
14 January 1941 | Star XXIV | 361 GRT | Captured | Whaler | Norway | Sunk by HMS Scarborough |
25 April 1941 | Empire Light | 6,828 GRT | Sunk | Freighter | United Kingdom | Sunk by explosive charges |
28 April 1941 | Clan Buchanan | 7,266 GRT | Sunk | Freighter | United Kingdom | Sunk by explosive charges |
7 May 1941 | British Emperor | 3,663 GRT | Sunk | Tanker | United Kingdom | Sunk by torpedo, prisoners taken on board |
Date | Name | Displacement | Type | Nationality |
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7 November 1940 | Cambridge | 10,846 GRT | Passenger Freighter | United Kingdom |
9 November 1940 | City of Rayville | 5,883 GRT | Freighter | United States |
5 December 1940 | Nimbin | 1,052 GRT | Freighter | United Kingdom |
26 March 1941 | Millimumul | 287 GRT | Fishing Trawler | Australia |
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