![]() ![]() She was armed with a main battery of eight 20.3 cm (8 in) guns and, although nominally under the 10,000-long-ton (10,160 t) limit set by the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, actually displaced over 16,000 long tons (16,257 t). She was named after Prince Eugene of Savoy, an 18th-century general in the service of Austria. The ship was laid down in April 1936, launched in August 1938, and entered service after the outbreak of war, in August 1940. ![]() She served with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Prinz Eugen ( German pronunciation: ) was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, the third of a class of five vessels. Towed to Kwajalein Atoll after Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons tests capsized 22 December 1946 As USS Prinz Eugen, before the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll
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