Habicht (ship, 1898)

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hawk
the goshawk in the port of Tsingtau (around 1912)
the goshawk in the port of Tsingtau (around 1912)
Ship data
flag German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Ship type Steamship
Whereabouts self-sunk
Ship dimensions and crew
length
22.73 m ( Lüa )
width 4.72 m
Machine system
machine Steam engine
Machine
performance 		180 hp (132 kW)
propeller 1

The Habicht was a port service boat from the Tsingtau shipyard in the German colony of Kiautschou .

history

The goshawk was built in Goran near Glasgow in Scotland in 1898 and was given the name Hawk . On January 14, 1907, the German government shipyard in Tsingtau took over the boat and renamed it Habicht . The shipyard used the boat for the transport tasks in the area of ​​Tsingtau.

During the siege of Tsingtau by the Japanese in World War I , the hawk was sunk on October 31, 1914 in the port entrance of Tsingtau.

literature

  • Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945 Volume 7, Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1990, page 225