.JPG) Postcard of Hansestadt Danzig in Swinoujscie, around 1934–1938
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| History | |
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  Nazi Germany | |
| Name | Hansestadt Danzig |
| Namesake | Gdańsk |
| Owner | Seedienst Ostpreußen |
| Builder | Oderwerke |
| Launched | 17 March 1926 |
| Commissioned | 14 July 1926 |
| Homeport | Swinemünde |
| Fate | Requisitioned by Kriegsmarine, 1939 |
 Nazi Germany | |
| Operator | Kriegsmarine |
| Commissioned | August 1939 |
| Fate | Sunk by mine, 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minelayer |
| Tonnage | 2,225 GRT |
| Length | 85.4 m (280 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 11.7 m (38 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | 4,700 kW (6,300 hp) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement | 225 crew |
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The Hansestadt Danzig was a German passenger ship from 1926 to 1939 serving the East Prussian Sea Service for Norddeutscher Lloyd. In 1939 she was converted by the Kriegsmarine to a troop transport and minelayer. She sank in 1941 when she ran into a minefield.