MS Schwabenland (1925)

Schwabenland before 1939
History
Weimar / Nazi Germany
NameMS Schwabenland
NamesakeThe region of Swabia in Germany
Launched1925
CompletedJuly 1925
Refit1934
FateLoaded with poison gas shells and scuttled, 31 December 1946
General characteristics
TypeSteamship
Tonnage8,500 GRT
PropulsionTwin diesel screws
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Aviation facilitiesCrane and catapult for flying boats

MS Schwabenland was a German catapult ship owned by the Deutsche Luft Hansa. It took part in the 1938-1939 Third German Antarctic Expedition.[1]

  1. ^ "The Schwabenland in the Antarctic". The Geographical Journal. 95 (1). The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers): 52–54. January 1940. doi:10.2307/1788684. JSTOR 1788684.