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Leutnant Greter got two torpedos away, one of which struck the cruiser below the forward gun turret, putting both turrets, A and B, out of action and staggering the ship, causing her to slow still further, leaving just the two after turrets, X and Y, firing independently, scoring three direct hits. |
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Launched on September 15 1938, at the Krupp-Germania Werft in Kiel, for the Hamburg-Amerikanische-Paketfahrt AG or Hapag, for their Far East service, the 8,736-ton passenger-freighter Steiermark, one of two sisters, with the 8,730-ton Ostmark, was the largest of the German Auxiliary Cruisers, being over twice the size of the 3,862-ton Thor and the 3,287-ton Komet. |