title: German training ship Hugo Zeye
text: # German training ship Hugo Zeye
  
  Initially built as a combined passenger and transport ship for Turkey, Hugo Zeye was taken over by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine at the outbreak of the war and completed as a torpedo training ship. Equipped with eight torpedo tubes, the ship was used to train torpedo personnel for surface combat ships in the Baltic Sea.
  
  ## Fate
  
  In 1945, the ship was used to evacuate military personnel and civilians from East Prussia. On her last evacuation voyage, the ship hit a mine northwest of Fehmarn early on 14 March 1945 and sank in position 54°33′39″N 10°52′30″E﻿ / ﻿54.56083°N 10.87500°E﻿ / 54.56083; 10.87500. All but 5 people on board could be saved.
  
  