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The SS Deutschland
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History | |
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Weimar Republic | |
Name | SS Deutschland |
Owner | Hamburg-America Line |
Port of registry | Germany |
Route | Hamburg to New York |
Ordered | 1921 |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Kommandit Ges auf Aktien, Hamburg, Germany |
Launched | 28 April 1923 |
Maiden voyage | 27 March 1924 |
Homeport | Hamburg, Germany |
Fate | Transferred to the Kriegsmarine in 1940. |
Notes |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | SS Deutschland |
Acquired | 1940 |
Fate | Capsized and sank on 3 May 1945 as a result of a British air attack. |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 21,046 gross register tons |
Length | 196.6 m overall |
Beam | 22 m |
Depth | 12.8 m |
Decks | 4 |
Installed power | 8 steam turbines |
Propulsion | Twin screw |
Speed | 20 knots |
Complement | 976 passengers |
Crew | 422 officers and crew |
SS Deutschland[note 1] was a 21,046 gross registered ton (GRT) German ocean liner of the HAPAG line. It was sunk in a British air attack on May 3, 1945.
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