MV Spreewald
German cargo ship sunk by a U-boat during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lucia.
MV Spreewald was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo motor ship that was launched in 1922 and sunk in a friendly fire incident in 1942. She was renamed Anubis in 1935, and reverted to her original name Spreewald in 1939.
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Spreewald in 1923 | |
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Namesake | |
Owner | Hamburg America Line |
Port of registry | Hamburg |
Builder | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
Launched | 12 October 1922 |
Completed | 1922 |
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Fate | sunk 31 January 1942 |
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Type | cargo ship |
Tonnage | 5,083 GRT, 3,002 NRT |
Length | 399.6 ft (121.8 m) |
Beam | 54.2 ft (16.5 m) |
Depth | 27.4 ft (8.4 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 714 NHP |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
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Notes | sister ship: Odenwald |
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This was the second of three HAPAG ships named after the Spreewald district of Lusatia. The first was a steamship that was launched in 1907, captured in 1914, and was converted into the submarine depôt ship HMS Lucia.[1] The third was a motor ship that was completed in 1951 and scrapped in 1979.[2]