Swinoujscie (ship)

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Ship data
flag German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire German Empire German Empire
German EmpireGerman Empire 
Nazi stateNazi state 
Ship type Passenger ship
home port Swinoujscie
Shipping company Świnoujście Steamship Company
Shipyard Stettiner AG , Grabow
Build number 389
Launch April 4, 1891
Commissioning May 1891
Whereabouts sunk in a bomb attack
Ship dimensions and crew
length
46.4 m ( Lüa )
width 6.5 m
measurement 243 GRT
 
crew 13
Machine system
machine 1 compound steam engine
Machine
performance 		440 hp (324 kW)
Top
speed 		9 kn (17 km / h)
propeller 1
Transport capacities
Permitted number of passengers 440

The Swinoujscie was a German passenger steamship that was mainly used in the liner service between Swinoujscie and Stettin .

The ship was on April 4, 1891 the Szczecin AG, formerly W & Holberg, in Grabow in Szczecin from the stack . In May 1891 it was put into service by the Swinemünder Dampfschiffahrts-Aktien-Gesellschaft, founded in 1890 , which was taken over in 1928 by the Stettiner Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft JF Braeunlich . Apart from occasional special trips, the use of Swinoujscie was limited to traffic from Swinoujscie via the Szczecin Lagoon to Szczecin and back. During the Second World War , Świnoujście sank on August 17, 1944 in the port of Szczecin during a bombing raid on the city.

The Świnoujście , measured at 243 GRT, was 46.4 m long and 6.5 m wide. A compound steam engine with 500 hp brought the ship, propelled by a screw , to about 9 knots . The Swinoujscie had a crew of 13 and could carry up to 440 passengers.

literature

  • Claus Rothe: German seaside ships. 1830 to 1939. In: Library of Ship Types. transpress publishing house for transport, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-344-00393-3 , p. 56.