History
Name	Arsterturm
Owner	Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa
Operator	Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa
Port of registry	Bremen, Germany
Builder	Deutsche Werft
Yard number	447
Launched	13 September 1944
Completed	31 October 1944
Out of service	26 February 1945
Identification	Code Letters DOYO
Fate	Bombed, torpedoed and sunk 26 February 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Hansa A type Cargo ship
Tonnage	1,923 GRT, 9,350 NRT, 3,200 DWT
Length	85.22 m (279 ft 7 in)
Beam	13.51 m (44 ft 4 in)
Draught	5.69 m (18 ft 8 in)
Depth	4.62 m (15 ft 2 in)
Installed power	Compound steam engine, 1,200IHP
Propulsion	Single screw propeller
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Crew	25, plus 8-10 flak soldiers

Arsterturm was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built in 1944 Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa, Bremen. She was bombed and sunk on 26 February 1945.

The ship was 85.22 m (279 ft 7 in) long, with a beam of 13.51 m (44 ft 4 in). She had a depth of 4.62 m (15 ft 2 in), and a draught of 5.69 m (18 ft 8 in). She was assessed as 1,923 GRT, 930 NRT, 3,200 DWT.^[1]

The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine. The engine was built by Rheinmetall-Börsig AG, Görlitz Rated at 1,200IHP,^[2] it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h).^[1] The ship had a crew of 25, plus 8 to 10 flak soldiers. It was equipped with 1×30-tonne crane, 1×10-tonne crane and 10×5 tonne cranes.^[2]

Arsterturm was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1944 as yard number 447 by Deutsche Werft, Finkenwerder, Germany for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa, Bremen. She was launched on 13 September 1944 and completed on 31 October.^[1] Her port of registry was Bremen and the Code Letters DOYO were allocated.^[2] She participated in the evacuation of the Ostgebiete in December 1944.

On 26 February 1945, Arsterturm was bombed, torpedoed and sunk by Allied aircraft south of Kristiansund, Norway with the loss of 31 of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Tromsø, Norway with a cargo of ammunition.^[2]