Breakout into the Pacific German auxiliary cruiser Komet



commerce raider komet. shown @ top disguised manyo maru , @ bottom military equipment uncovered


the passage navigation amazing achievement in have ended in disaster had not been soviet assistance, had been @ price – 950,000 reichsmarks reported payment.. many of german crew members indeed @ first experience in arctic waters).



movements of 3 german ships in december 1940 , january 1941


once in pacific, eyssen sailed down japanese island of lamutrik , met orion , kulmerland in mid-october. after conference on strategy, 3 captains decided work together, concentrating on new zealand panama passage taken of allied merchant ships. decided on japanese disguises – komet , kulmerland had names manyo maru , tokio maru painted on hulls.








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