Captured Foreign Warships
A significant number of foreign warships were captured and recommissioned into the Kriegsmarine. Some were never completed.
- French battleship Clemenceau, captured 1940, launched 1943 (never completed)
- Soviet battleship Sovetskaya Ukraina, laid down 1938, captured 1941 (never completed)
Read more about this topic: List Of Kriegsmarine Ships
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