Bonaberi (ship)

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Ship data
flag German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Ship type Steamship
Shipyard Stülcken , Hamburg
Build number 415
Whereabouts unknown
Ship dimensions and crew
length
17.50 m ( Lüa )
width 4.60 m
Draft Max. 0.50 m
measurement 43 GRT
Machine system
machine Steam engine
Machine
performance 		110 hp (81 kW)
propeller 1

The Bonaberi was a boat used by the Woermann shipping company in the German colony of Cameroon .

history

The Bonaberi was built in Hamburg in 1911 . Its name comes from the district of the same name in the city of Duala in Cameroon. The Bonaberi belonged to the Woermann line in Hamburg. She was used by the shipping company on the coast of Cameroon.

When the First World War broke out in August 1914 , the boat was makeshiftly prepared as a mine- layer in Duala in September 1914 and equipped with sea ​​mines .

Nothing is known about the further whereabouts of the Bonaberi .

literature

  • Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945. Volume 7, Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1990, page 217.