Heinrich Otto (ship)

Heinrich Otto

Ship data flag  German Empire Ship type Steamship Shipyard R. Holtz, Harburg Build number 1368 Whereabouts unknown

Ship dimensions and crew length 9.00 m ( Lüa ) width 2.10 m displacement 12  t measurement 6 GRT

Machine system machine Steam engine Machine performance 20 HP (15 kW) propeller 1

The Heinrich Otto was a launch of the Njassa-Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft on Lake Victoria in the colony of German East Africa .

history

The Heinrich Otto was built in Harburg / Elbe in 1906 . It was a pinasse that was used by the Nyassa Shipping Company for the transport of cargo and passengers, and as a tug on Lake Victoria.

When the First World War broke out in August 1914 , Heinrich Otto was taken over by the command of the protection forces.

When the German position on Lake Victoria could no longer be held, the Heinrich Otto and other ships were sunk in Neu-Hanau on July 15, 1916 so as not to fall into enemy hands.

The British raised the Heinrich Otto . Her further fate is not known.

literature

• Erich Gröner : The German warships 1815-1945 Volume 7, Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1990, ISBN 978-3-7637-4807-5 , p. 222.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reinhard K. Lochner: Battle in the Rufiji Delta - The end of the small cruiser "Königsberg". The German Navy and Schutztruppe in East Africa during World War I. Heyne Verlag, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-453-02420-6 , p. 261.
2. ↑ Reinhard K. Lochner: Battle in the Rufiji Delta - The end of the small cruiser "Königsberg". The German Navy and Schutztruppe in East Africa during World War I. Heyne Verlag, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-453-02420-6 , p. 284.