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2/18/1941 Baltic, Kiel,
After 550 days at sea the Hilfskreuzer Typhoon (Schiff 15) arrives at Kiel. During that time she sank 33 ships for 175,746 grt of shipping, mined 9 ships (7 freighters and 2 tankers), and took 5 ships prize for an additional 35,000 grt which brings the total score to 210,746 grt of enemy shipping destroyed.
List of ships sunk by Ship 15 since the last report,
January 9th COLUMBIA 4,229 grt (WNDJ) Calcutta-Liverpool British
17th KENSINGTON 2,435 grt (PSJV) Liverpool-Calcutta British
21st ORTEGA 3,630 grt (VNDJ) Halifax-Cape Town Canadian
22nd WILLINGTON 4,247 grt (CSHV) Hong Kong-Southampton British
WORCHESTER 3,680 grt (TUCB) Penang-London British
26th RIPLEY 2,658 grt (EYBC) Colombo-Plymouth British
27th CALVERY 7,906 grt (VFGX) Sydney-Southampton Australian
30th WOODSTOCK 1,703 grt (CJSH) Freetown-Halifax British
Grand Admiral Reader was present among the crowd to receive Ship 15 Reader presented Kapitan.z.S Brinkmann with Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. He was later decorated by the Fuhrer with the Oak Leaves and Swords. Ship 15 was decommissioned on March 1, 1941 and was recommissioned as a minelayer/transport ship she was sunk on August 31, 1944 after being hit by a torpedo from an unknown submarine in the Baltic Sea NW of Danzig Bay. Brinkmann took a position with the Seekriegslietung working in the Hilfskreuzer Operations Division until it was dissolved in October 1943 with the sinking of the Michel he held other staff positions until the end of the war. He was detained in May 1945 but released in November. The fate of the Officers and crew is for the most part unclear many went on to serve in Schnellboote and uboats of the 16 Officers, 50 Petty Officers, and 300 ratings it is known that 138 did not survive the war.

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Kapitan.z.S Hartmann's (U-35,U-46-U-204-U-332-U-256-U-293, U-838, U-830, U-834, U-1188, U-1180, U-835, U-840, U-839, Schiff 44 “AFRIKA”, Schiff 77 "Stortebecker", "Schiff 66 "WOLF", Schiff 19, Schiff 30) motto: Eastward Ho!
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Schiff 30 wird sie alle versenken!

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