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Saturday, 12 November 2022

German light cruiser Emden transferred to another German harbour according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 18 August 1942

Werft-Reederei-Hafen 1939

An item reported that aircraft sighted on 12 August that the German light cruiser Emden was transferred from Swinemunde, Germany to Wilhelmshaven, Germany.(1)

Note

1. Light cruiser, preceded by non realized Flotten Keuzer-designs and realized Cöln-class, succeeded by Könisgberg-class. Building ordered in 1921, laid down at the Reichsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 8 December 1921, launched on 6 January 1925, commissioned on 15 October 1925, heavily damaged by British bombers when lying at Kiel, Germany scuttled on 3 May 1945 and broken up between 1945-1950.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 251 dated 18 August 1942.

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