German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin

	Pinguin in the Indian Ocean in 1941.
History
Germany
Name	Kandelfels
Owner	DDG Hansa
Builder	Deschimag A.G. Weser
Launched	12 November 1936
Fate	Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine, 1939
Nazi Germany
Name	Pinguin
Namesake	Penguin
Builder	Deschimag A.G. Weser, Bremen
Yard number	5
Acquired	1939
Recommissioned	6 February 1940
Reclassified	Auxiliary cruiser, 1940
Nickname(s)	HSK-5; Schiff 33; Raider F;
Fate	Sunk in the Indian Ocean by HMS Cornwall, 8 May 1941
General characteristics
Displacement	17,600 long tons (17,882 t)
Length	155 m (509 ft)
Beam	18.7 m (61 ft)
Draft	8.7 m (29 ft)
Installed power	7,600 hp (5,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 × 6-cylinder diesel engines
Speed	17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range	60,000 nmi (110,000 km; 69,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance	207 days
Complement	401
Armament	6 × 15 cm SK L/45 guns; 1 × 75 mm (3 in) gun; 1 × twin 3.7 cm SK C/30 anti-aircraft guns; 2 × twin 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons; 2 × torpedo tubes; 300 × mines;
Aircraft carried	2 × Heinkel He 114 B early; 1 × Arado Ar 196 A-1 later;

The Pinguin was a German auxiliary cruiser (Hilfskreuzer) which served as a commerce raider in World War II. The Pinguin was known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 33, and designated HSK 5. The most successful commerce raider of the war, she was known to the British Royal Navy as Raider F. The name Pinguin means penguin in German.

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