KMS Kormoran Technical Information
Name: KMS Kormoran, Schiff 41, Hilfskreuzer VIII.
Type: heavy auxiliary cruiser.
Ex-name: Steiermark, freighter.
Owner: Hamburg Amerika Line.
Builder: Krupp-Germania Werft, Kiel.
Date of construction: 1938.
Converted by: Deutsche Werft AG.
Date of conversion: 1940.
Date of commission: 9 October 1940.
Tonnage: 8,736.
Displacement: 19,900 tons.
Length: 164m (Lloyds Register).
Beam: 20.2m.
Draught: 8.5m.
Freeboard: 12.9m.
Fuel type: oil.
Fuel capacity: 5,200 tons.
Speed: 18 knots.
Range: 84,500 nautical miles at 10 knots,
74,000 nautical miles at 13 knots, 50,000 nautical miles at 17 knots.
Cruising endurance: 352 days at 10 knots, 237 days at
13 knots, 162 days at 17 knots.
Maximum horse power: 16,000, turbines.
Propulsion: four 9-cylinder-Diesel, two electric motors.
Propellers: 1.
Number of decks: 3.
Number of holds: 6.
Number of compartments: 6.
Crew: 400.
Aircraft carried: two Ar 196A-1s.
Motor launch carried: one LS 3.
Mines carried: 360.
Armament: six 5.9in (6x1), two 37mm (1x2),
five 20mm (5x1), six 21-inch torpedo tubes (2x2, 2x1).
Length of cruise: 352 days, 3 December 1940 to
19 November 1941.
Ships sunk or taken:
| Nationality | Type | Name | Tonnage | Date | Result |
| Greece | Freighter | Antonis | 3,729 | 6 January 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Tanker | British Union | 6,987 | 18 January 1941 | Prize |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Africa Star | 11,900 | 29 January 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Eurylochus | 5,723 | 29 January 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Tanker | Agnita | 3,552 | 22 March 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Canadolite | 11,309 | 25 March 1941 | Prize |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Craftsman | 8,022 | 9 April 1941 | Sunk |
| Greece | Freighter | Nicolas D. L. | 5,486 | 21 April 1941 | Sunk |
| Yugoslavia | Freighter | Velebit | 4,153 | 26 June 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Freighter | Marecba | 3,472 | 26 June 1941 | Sunk |
| Greece | Freighter | Stamatios G. Embiricos | 3,941 | 26 September 1941 | Sunk |
| Great Britain | Cruiser | HMAS Sydney | -- | 19 November 1941 | Sunk |
| Grand total 11 ships | 68,274 | ||||