History | |
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Germany | |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Deschimag, Bremen |
Yard number | 886 |
Launched | January 1931 |
Completed | March 1931 |
Identification |
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Captured | by HMS Hereward, 5 November 1939 |
Fate | Sunk by U-69, 27 June 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Type | heavy-lift ship |
Tonnage | 7,603 GRT, 4,570 NRT |
Length | 503.9 ft (153.6 m) |
Beam | 62.2 ft (19.0 m) |
Draught | 27.7 ft (8.4 m) |
Installed power | 672 NHP |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13.7 knots (25.4 km/h) |
Capacity | 12 passengers |
Crew | 64 |
Notes |
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SS Uhenfels was a German-built heavy-lift ship that was launched in 1931 for DDG Hansa. She was captured by the Royal Navy in 1939, two months after the start of the Second World War. The UK Ministry of Shipping renamed her Empire Ability and contracted Elder Dempster Lines to operate her. In 1941 a German U-boat sank her by torpedo.