Swabia (ship, 1907)

Swabia

Ship data flag  German Empire Ship type Steamship Shipyard Stülcken , Hamburg Build number 354 Whereabouts unknown

Ship dimensions and crew length 8.44 m ( Lüa ) width 2.19 m measurement 9 GRT

Machine system machine Steam engine Machine performance 16 HP (12 kW) propeller 1

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

history

The Schwaben was built in Hamburg in 1907 . It was a pinasse that was used by the Nyassa Shipping Company for the transport of freight and people and as a tug on Lake Victoria.

When the First World War broke out in August 1914 , the Swabians were taken over by the command of the protection forces.

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

The British raised the Swabians . 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.