Hedwig (ship)
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The Hedwig was a ship of the German East Africa Line (DOAL).
history
The Hedwig was built in Hamburg in 1913 for the German East Africa Line for use as a coastal steamer in the German East Africa colony .
At the beginning of the First World War in early August 1914, the Hedwig von Tanga sailed into the Indic to warn the cargo ship Margrave of the DOAL coming from India about the outbreak of war, so that the Margrave would not fall into enemy hands. After meeting the Hedwig on August 6, 1914, the margrave's captain decided to call at Tanga instead of Dar es Salaam with his cargo of rice and 600 tons of coal .
In September 1914, the Hedwig was assigned to the ships for supplying the small cruiser Königsberg lying in the Rufidji estuary . At times the Hedwig was armed with a 3.7 cm ring cannon. In July 1915, after the cruiser was sunk, the 10.5 cm guns of the warship were salvaged with their loading gear for use on land.
On October 9, 1915, the Hedwig sank when a British warship approached in the Rufidji estuary.
literature
- Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945 Volume 7, Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1990, page 222