Derfflinger (ship, 1908)
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The Reichspostdampfer Derfflinger was the eleventh and last ship of the general class of the North German Lloyd (NDL) for the service to East Asia and Australia. The ship was named after Georg von Derfflinger (1606–1695), the electoral Brandenburg field marshal and governor of Pomerania .
The Derfflinger was one of the four ships of the class that came back into service with the NDL after the First World War.
history
The Derfflinger was the last ship of the general class. She was the fifth ship of the class delivered by the Schichau shipyard in Danzig, which it completed in 1908 for 4.42 million gold marks . On May 9, 1908, the Derfflinger started her maiden voyage to New York , which was followed by a second voyage in June 1908 and a third in June 1913. On July 1, 1908, it was first used as a Reichspostdampfer to East Asia .
At the beginning of the First World War in August 1914, the Derfflinger was on her way back from Port Said and was attacked by the British. The Derfflinger was used under the new name Huntsgreen by the British from 1915, most recently by the Stelp & Leighton shipping company.
In 1923, the NDL bought back the former Derfflinger . After repairs and modifications, measured at 9162 GRT, the ship now had facilities for 811 passengers only in the II and III. Class. On September 20, 1923, Derfflinger started her first post-war trip for the NDL to New York. In January 1924 she was also used again in East Asia. In February 1927 the ship was rebuilt and received a passenger facility with a cabin, tourist and III. Class.
On July 16, 1929, the Derfflinger ran aground in the Yellow Sea near Hsian Kung Tau. Passengers and crew had to be removed, but the ship could be brought to Tsingtau for repairs.
On November 12, 1931, the ship was able to rescue the crew of the British sloop HMS Petersfield, which had run aground, in the Yangtze estuary in very bad weather . Among those rescued was the British Commander in Chief for China, Sir Howard Kelly, with his family.
Derfflinger was launched in May 1932 and sold for demolition in 1933.
Notes and individual references
- ↑ a b c d e f Kludas: Passenger Shipping , Vol. III, p. 158f.
- ↑ On board was u. A. the painter Emil Nolde with his wife on the return trip from a New Guinea expedition . The Noldes came to Genoa on a Dutch ship and were able to return to their home on Alsen via Switzerland and Berlin .
- ↑ Kludas, Passenger Shipping, Vol. IV, p. 78.
- ↑ Kludas, Passenger Shipping, Vol. IV, p. 166.
- ^ Kludas, Passenger Shipping, Vol. IV, p. 174.
literature
- Arnold Kludas : The History of German Passenger Shipping. Volume 3: Rapid growth from 1900 to 1914. (Writings of the German Maritime Museum, 20). Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-8225-0039-9
- Arnold Kludas: The History of German Passenger Shipping. Volume 4: Annihilation and rebirth 1914 to 1930. (Writings of the German Maritime Museum, 21). Ernst Kabel Verlag, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-8225-0047-X .
- Arnold Kludas: The ships of the North German Lloyd 1857 to 1919 . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1991, ISBN 3-7822-0524-3 .
- Christina Reinke-Kunze: History of the Reichspostdampfer. Connection between the continents 1886–1914 . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1994, ISBN 3-7822-0618-5 .
- Claus Rothe: German ocean passenger ships 1896 to 1918 . (German ocean passenger ships, 1; library of ship types). Steiger Verlag, Moers 1986, ISBN 3-921564-80-8 .
- Reinhart Schmelzkopf: The German Merchant Shipping 1919–1939 . 2 volumes. Stalling, Oldenburg-Hamburg, 1974-1975, ISBN 3-7979-1847-X (vol. 1), ISBN 3-7979-1859-3 (vol. 2).