SS Hamburg — historic photograph

Hamburg America Line

SS Hamburg

1926 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany 22,117 GRT 206.5 m Scrapped
22,117GRT
Tonnage
206.5m
Length
24m
Beam
19knots
Speed
222passengers
Passengers

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.

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.

Text: Wikipedia — SS Hamburg (1925), CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonnage
22,117 GRT
Length
206.5 m
Beam
24 m
Draught
9.95 m
Speed
19 knots
Passengers
222 first class passengers
Builder
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Yard number
473
Launched
14 November 1925
In service
28 March 1926
Owner
Hamburg America Line
Propulsion
2 steam turbines, 2 5.2 m propellers
Fate
Scrapped, 1977
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