Oldenburg (ship, 1913)

Oldenburg

Ship data other ship names Hever (1914-1918) Owner Nicolaus Ebeling , Altona Shipyard JHN Wichhorst , Hamburg Build number 252 Launch October 11, 1913 takeover December 21, 1913

Ship dimensions and crew length 35.61 - 40.43 m ( Lüa ) width 6.78 m Draft Max. 3.04 m measurement 226 GRT

Machine system machine Steam engine Machine performance 450 hp propeller 1

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The Oldenburg was a German fish steamer that served as an auxiliary ship in World War I and was lost in a marine accident in 1934 . It is unknown whether the steamer was named after the city of Oldenburg in Oldenburg or the city of Oldenburg in Holstein .

history

The Oldenburg was used in fishing until the outbreak of war with the fishing license number SD 51 (= Prussia- Altona). From November 21st of that year she served as a war pilot steamer in the Jade Barrier Vehicle Division of the Imperial Navy and was renamed Hever four days later .

On December 12, 1918, she was returned to the shipping company and was again active in the fishery under her name Oldenburg , later with the fishing license number BX 228 from Bremerhaven. On January 22, 1934, she ran aground on the east side of Cape Nordkyn due to a current displacement . She was a total loss; it is not known whether the wreck was recovered.

Sister ships

Sonderburg , Glücksburg , Lauenburg , Oevelgönne and Norburg .

literature

• Erich Gröner , Dieter Jung, Martin Maass: The German warships 1815-1945 , Volume 8/1: River vehicles, Ujäger, outpost boats, auxiliary minesweepers, coastal protection associations (Part 1), Bonn 1993, p. 234f. ISBN 3-7637-4807-5

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Wolfgang Walter: German fish steamers. Technology, development, use, ship register (= publications of the German Maritime Museum. Vol. 50). Carlsen / Die Hanse, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-551-88517-6 , p. 181.