SS Hamburg (1925)
 SS Hamburg
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Weimar Republic | |
| Name | SS Hamburg |
| Owner | Hamburg America Line |
| Route | Hamburg–New York City |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany |
| Yard number | 473 |
| Launched | 14 November 1925 |
| In service | 28 March 1926 |
| Fate | Sold to the Kriegsmarine |
 Nazi Germany | |
| Name | Hamburg |
| Operator | Kriegsmarine |
| Commissioned | 1 January 1940 |
| Fate | Sunk by mine, 7 March 1945 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Yuri Dolgoruki |
| Acquired | By salvage, 1950 |
| In service | 12 July 1960 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1977 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 22,117 GRT |
| Displacement | 28,000 t (27,560 long tons) |
| Length | 206.50 m (677 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
| Height | 16.92 m (55 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 9.95 m (32 ft 8 in) |
| Decks | 5 |
| Installed power | 28,000 PS (20,590 kW; 27,620 shp) |
| Propulsion | 2 steam turbines, 2 5.20 m (17.1 ft) propellers |
| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range | 9,600 nmi (17,800 km; 11,000 mi) at 19 knots |
| Capacity |
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SS Hamburg was a German ocean liner owned by the Hamburg America Line, built by the Blohm & Voss of Hamburg, Germany, and launched in 1925. She had a sister ship, SS New York. They were similar to the SS Albert Ballin.
During World War II, the ship became a naval accommodation ship for the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and served with the 7th U-boat Flotilla in Kiel. Reassigned to 3rd U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1941, Hamburg was transferred to 6th U-boat Flotilla in Danzig in October. From June 1943, Hamburg was relocated to Gotenhafen and assigned to 8th U-boat Flotilla. On 7 March 1945 during the evacuation of Germans from the Eastern Front, she struck a mine and sank off Saßnitz in position 54°30′00″N 13°42′02″E / 54.50000°N 13.70056°E.[1]
The wreck was raised by the Soviets and converted to a whaler at Warnowwerft, Warnemünde, from 7 November 1950. Becoming Yuri Dolgoruki, the ship was put in service on 12 July 1960. She was then broken up in 1977.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gröner 1988, pp. 75–76.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gröner, Erich (1988). Hilfsschiffe II: Lazarettschiffe, Wohnschiffe, Schulschiffe, Forschungsfahrzeuge, Hafenbetriebsfahrzeuge (I). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945 (in German). Vol. V. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4804-0.
External links
[edit]- Hamburg America Line SS Hamburg Ephemera GG Archives