River Hipper, a tributary of the River Rother in Derbyshire, England
German cruiser Admiral Hipper | River Hipper | German cruiser ''Admiral Hipper'' | Franz von Hipper | Admiral Hipper |
The Admiral Hippers commander, Kapitän zur See Heye, wrote to the British authorities via the Red Cross, recommending award of the VC for his opponent's courage while engaging a vastly superior warship.
After receiving return fire and heavy damage, she rammed Admiral Hipper and sank soon afterwards with 111 men killed, for which her commander, Lieutenant-Commander Gerard Broadmead Roope was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross.
A squadron of Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondors was despatched from Kiel to join Admiral Hipper and her battle group in the attack on Convoy HX 84.