Waldemar Kophamel
| Country | Germany |
| Ship Class | Wilhelm Bauer-class Submarine Tender |
| Builder | Howaldtswerke Kiel |
| Ordered | 1 Jan 1937 |
| Laid Down | 12 Aug 1937 |
| Launched | 15 May 1939 |
| Commissioned | 21 Oct 1940 |
| Sunk | 18 Dec 1944 |
| Displacement | 5,600 tons full |
| Length | 435 feet |
| Beam | 52 feet |
| Draft | 16 feet |
| Machinery | Four MAN diesel engines, two shafts |
| Power Output | 12,400 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Range | 9,000 statute mile at 15 knots |
| Crew | 289 |
| Armament | 4x10.5cm L/45 guns (2x after 1944), 1x40mm L/60 Bofors gun (after 1944), 2x3.7cm guns, 4x2cm machine guns (12x after 1944) |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseWaldemar Kophamel was a submarine tender of the Germn Navy. She was commissioned into service in Oct 1940. In Dec 1944, she was struck by bombs and sank. In 1950, the Soviet Union raised the wreck and commissioned into Soviet Navy service with a new name, Kuban, after a long period (1951-1955) of repairs. In the final five years of her service life, she served as a floating barracks ship for the Soviet Northern Fleet under the name PKZ-12. She was removed from the Soviet Navy list in 1978 and was scrapped some time after.
ww2dbaseSource: german-navy.de
Last Major Revision: Oct 2022
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Waldemar Kophamel Operational Timeline
| 1 Jan 1937 | The order for the construction of Waldemar Kophamel was issued. |
| 12 Aug 1937 | The keel of Waldemar Kophamel was laid down at the Howaldtswerke shipyard in Kiel, Germany. |
| 15 May 1939 | Waldemar Kophamel was launched at the Howaldtswerke shipyard in Kiel, Germany. |
| 21 Oct 1940 | Waldemar Kophamel was commissioned into service. |
| 18 Dec 1944 | Waldemar Kophamel was sunk by Allied aircraft. |
| 30 Jul 1951 | The Soviet Union added Waldemar Kophamel to its Navy List. |
| 17 Sep 1973 | Soviet submarine tender Kuban was transferred to the Northern Fleet, where she was to be used as floating barrack under the new name PKZ-12. |
| 9 Feb 1978 | Soviet floating barracks PKZ-12 was removed from the Navy List. |
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