In May 1925, the ship , which was built at the Nüscke & Co shipyard in Stettin , was put into service by the Swinemünder Dampfschiffahrts-Aktien-Gesellschaft . It ran on a regular service between Stettin and Swinoujscie . At times it also made trips to the Baltic seaside resorts of Pomerania . After a collision with the steamer Alexandra on August 17, 1929 in the Stettiner Haff , the Germany partially sank . It was lifted again and sold in 1930 to the Stettiner Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft JF Braeunlich , which held the majority in Swinemünder Dampfschiffahrts-A.-G. had taken over. As Frigga she was used again between Stettin and Swinoujscie.
In December 1939, the ship was drafted into the German Navy and converted to a submarine escort ship and a diving school vehicle. In Gotenhafen it was used as a navigation training ship under the name Zenith . After the Second World War, the Zenith was delivered to the Soviet Union in March 1946 as a reparation payment . There she was in service as the Orion until she was finally deleted from Lloyd's Register of Shipping in 1960 .
technology
A triple expansion steam engine with 1,000 hp worked on one screw. The ship thus reached a speed of 13 knots . The Deutschland could take 1,100 passengers and had a crew of 15.
literature
Claus Rothe: German seaside ships. 1830 to 1939. In: Library of Ship Types. transpress publishing house for traffic, Berlin 1989, pp. 121-122, ISBN 3-344-00393-3 .
Web links
The Germany . In: Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved October 10, 2009 .
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