SS Lichtenfels

History
Name	Lichtenfels
Owner	DDG Hansa
Operator	DDG Hansa
Port of registry	Bremen
Builder	Deschimag, Bremen
Yard number	878
Launched	12 June 1929
In service	1929–41
Identification	Code letters QMKB (1929–33) Call sign DOFY (1934–41)
Fate	Scuttled 4 April 1941; Wreck raised and scrapped 1950
Notes	[1]
General characteristics
Type	heavy-lift ship
Tonnage	7,457 GRT, 4,521 NRT
Length	160.45 m (526.4 ft)
Beam	18.94 m (62.1 ft)
Draught	8.49 m (27.9 ft)
Installed power	785 NHP
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple-expansion engine plus exhaust steam turbine
Speed	13.7 knots (25.4 km/h)
Capacity	12 passengers
Crew	64
Notes	sister ships: Freienfels, Geierfels, Uhenfels

SS Lichtenfels was an early example of a modern heavy-lift ship. She was launched in 1929 in Germany for DDG Hansa. She was equipped with a 120 t (118 long tons; 132 short tons) boom crane capable of lifting fully assembled railway locomotives, which were shipped to India.

In 1941 Lichtenfels was scuttled in the Red Sea as a blockship. In 1950 her wreck was raised and scrapped.