#49 Operation Beowulf Koln - Germany - Done

Operation Beowulf Koln -1941
Cost 10
Speed 2
MG 8 7 6 5
AA 6
TT 2 1

A3 V8 H3

Scout Helicopter - At the beginning of your Air Attack phase, you may choose an enemy unit within range 2. Roll one extra attack die when making Gunnery or ASW attacks against that unit this turn.

GUARD THE CONVOY: While this unit is in the same sector as a friendly Auxiliary unit, enemy units can't attack that Auxiliary unit until this unit has been attacked at least once in the same phase.

Class and type
Königsberg-class cruiser
Displacement
7,700 long tons (7,800 t)
Length
174 m (571 ft)
Beam
15.3 m (50 ft)
Draft
6.28 m (20.6 ft)
Installed power
6 × water-tube boilers
65,000 shaft horsepower (48,000 kW)
Propulsion
2 × MAN 10-cylinder diesel engines
4 × geared steam turbines
2 screw propellers
Speed
32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range
5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement
21 officers
493 enlisted men
Armament
9 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SL C/25 guns
2 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 anti-aircraft guns
12 × 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes
120 mines
Armor
Belt: 50 mm (2 in)
Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in)
Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

In 1940 Koln was fitted with a helicopter landing platform on top of the aft superfiring turret. This could accommodate a single Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri, or Hummingbird, the first series production helicopter. She went into combat in this configuration in Operation Beowulf, a joint German Finnish invasion of the western coast of Estonia designed to destroy any Soviet warships in the area and support the infantry assault. During this operation Koln failed to engage any surface ships but did provide naval gunfire support and survived an encounter with the Soviet submarine Shch-322.