Odin (ship, 1902)

Odin

Ship data flag  German Empire Ship type Passenger ship home port Szczecin Shipyard Stettiner Oderwerke Build number 526 Launch February 8, 1902 Whereabouts Sunk on August 7, 1944.

Ship dimensions and crew length 77.6 m ( Lüa ) width 10.3 m Draft Max. 6.3 m measurement 1,177 GRT   crew 44 men

Machine system machine 2 compound machines Machine performance 2,200 PS (1,618 kW) Top speed 16.0 kn (30 km / h) propeller 2

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 1,400

The Odin was a German passenger steamship .

history

The Odin , built on the Stettiner Oderwerke with the shipyard number 526, was put into service in 1902 by the Stettiner steamship company JF Braeunlich . It was used on the Stettin - Saßnitz - Trelleborg line until 1908 , then between Stettin and the seaside resorts of Rügen . The Imperial Navy in 1914 captured the steamer and put it named auxiliary Trust Mine steamer A as mine ship on the Baltic one.

After the First World War , the shipping company initially got its ship back, but had to deliver it to Great Britain on March 14, 1919 . The ship remained in Stettin, however, and was bought back by the shipping company in 1920. In November 1920, the Odin was put into service as the largest ship for the East Prussian sea service . She drove on the Swinoujscie - Pillau line .

In September 1939 the Odin was requisitioned by the Navy and assigned to the submarine school in Neustadt in Holstein . She served as a target and security ship, from 1942 as a ship for the technical training group for front submarines ("AGRU Front") in Hela . For reasons that are not clear, the Odin sank on August 7, 1944 during a shooting training mission in the Gdańsk Bay at the position 54 ° 38 ′ 7 ″  N , 19 ° 32 ′ 5 ″  E. Coordinates: 54 ° 38 ′ 7 ″  N , 19 ° 32 '5 "  O .

technology

Two triple expansion steam engines with a total output of 2,200 hp drove two propellers . The ship reached a speed of 16  knots . The Odin , designed for long coastal voyages, had a special ice reinforcement.

1,400 passengers could be accommodated. The ship had three lounge, a smoking, a ladies' and a dining room and a princely room . All rooms, including the 52 first-class sleeping cabins on both sides of the main deck, were equipped with electric lights.

Commanders

August 1 to October 25, 1914

Lieutenant Captain Kurt Assmann

literature

• Claus Rothe: German seaside ships. 1830 to 1939. In: Library of Ship Types. transpress publishing house for traffic, Berlin 1989, pp. 82–83, ISBN 3-344-00393-3 .

Web links

• The Odin . In: Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved October 13, 2009 .