The cargo ship Stralsund was christened and launched on February 20, 1954 . Due to the severe frost on the day of the launch, the ship got stuck on the slideway. It was not until February 26 that the shipyard's employees managed to bring the ship into the water. The first test drive took place in the Baltic Sea on October 17, 1954. Technical defects that occurred delayed the completion of the ship. So it was only handed over to the Deutsche Seereederei two months later, on December 23, 1954, with the construction number 10,000 (originally no. 100).
The downfall
On February 8, 1957, the ship was en route from Wismar to Scarborough with a full load of potassium carbonate when it was about 27 nautical miles northeast of Scarborough at position 54 ° 16 ′ 12 ″ N , 0 ° 9 ′ 36 ″ E, coordinates: 54 ° 16 '12 " N , 0 ° 9' 36" O decreased after a non-controllable flooding, after the entire crew had left the ship. The ship swam for about eight hours and was temporarily towed by the British motor trawler Olvina . The exact circumstances of the loss of the ship remained unknown.
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Other ships in the series
The ships Anklam and Greifswald , which had already started, were canceled after the keel had been laid, as the helgen was needed for the inland passenger ships of the V. Chkalov series . Reparations came before personal use. Another eight ships were planned, but were not built due to the USSR's reparation claims.
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