SS Gneisenau (1935)

SS Gneisenau
History
Nazi Germany
NamesakeAugust Neidhardt von Gneisenau
OwnerNorddeutscher Lloyd
BuilderDeutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG
Launched17 May 1935
FateSunk 2 May 1943
NotesRefloated 12 July 1950 and scrapped
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage18,160 GRT
Length198.9 m (652 ft 7 in)
Beam22.5 m (73 ft 10 in)
Draught12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)

SS Gneisenau was a 18,160 gross register tons (GRT) Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) ocean liner that was launched and completed in 1935. Like several other German ships of the same name, she was named after the Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and military reformer August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760–1831).