SS Hamburg (1925)

For other ships with the same name, see SS Hamburg and SS Hamburg (1969).
SS Hamburg
SS Hamburg
History
Weimar Republic
NameSS Hamburg
OwnerHamburg America Line
RouteHamburg–New York City
BuilderBlohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Yard number473
Launched14 November 1925
In service28 March 1926
FateSold to the Kriegsmarine
Nazi Germany
NameHamburg
OperatorKriegsmarine
Commissioned1 January 1940
FateSunk by mine, 7 March 1945
Soviet Union
NameYuri Dolgoruki
AcquiredBy salvage, 1950
In service12 July 1960
FateScrapped, 1977
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage22,117 GRT
Displacement28,000 t (27,560 long tons)
Length206.50 m (677 ft 6 in)
Beam24 m (78 ft 9 in)
Height16.92 m (55 ft 6 in)
Draught9.95 m (32 ft 8 in)
Decks5
Installed power28,000 PS (20,590 kW; 27,620 shp)
Propulsion2 steam turbines, 2 5.20 m (17.1 ft) propellers
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range9,600 nmi (17,800 km; 11,000 mi) at 19 knots
Capacity
  • 222 first class passengers
  • 471 second class
  • 456 third class
Yuri Dolgoruki

SS Hamburg was a German ocean liner owned by the Hamburg America Line, built by the Blohm & Voss of Hamburg, Germany, and launched in 1925. She had a sister ship, SS New York. They were similar to the SS Albert Ballin.

During World War II, the ship became a naval accommodation ship for the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and served with the 7th U-boat Flotilla in Kiel. Reassigned to 3rd U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1941, Hamburg was transferred to 6th U-boat Flotilla in Danzig in October. From June 1943, Hamburg was relocated to Gotenhafen and assigned to 8th U-boat Flotilla. On 7 March 1945 during the evacuation of Germans from the Eastern Front, she struck a mine and sank off Saßnitz in position 54°30′00″N 13°42′02″E / 54.50000°N 13.70056°E / 54.50000; 13.70056.[1]

The wreck was raised by the Soviets and converted to a whaler at Warnowwerft, Warnemünde, from 7 November 1950. Becoming Yuri Dolgoruki, the ship was put in service on 12 July 1960. She was then broken up in 1977.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gröner 1988, pp. 75–76.

Bibliography

  • Gröner, Erich (1988). Hilfsschiffe II: Lazarettschiffe, Wohnschiffe, Schulschiffe, Forschungsfahrzeuge, Hafenbetriebsfahrzeuge (I). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945 (in German). Vol. V. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4804-0.