SS Albert Ballin
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"SS Soviet Union" and "SS Hansa (1923)" redirect here. For other ships, see Soviet Union (disambiguation) and Hansa (disambiguation).
SS Albert Ballin was an ocean liner of the Hamburg-America Line launched in 1923 and named after Albert Ballin, the visionary director of the Hamburg-America line, who had committed suicide several years earlier. In 1935, the ship was renamed Hansa on orders from the German government. Towards the end of World War II, she was employed to evacuate civilians during Operation Hannibal, and sank after hitting a mine. She was later raised and refitted by the Soviet Union and was finally scrapped in 1982.
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SS Albert Ballin pulling in to port on September 27th 1923 | |
History | |
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Weimar Republic | |
Name | Albert Ballin |
Namesake | Albert Ballin |
Owner | Hamburg-America Line |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Launched | 16 December 1922 |
Maiden voyage | 5 July 1923 |
Fate | Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine, 1940 |
Germany | |
Name | Hansa |
Operator | Hamburg-America Line |
In service | 31 October 1935 |
Fate | Sunk 6 March 1945, Warnemünde |
Soviet Union | |
Name | Sovetskiy Soyuz (translate as "Soviet Union") |
Acquired | By salvage, 1949 |
In service | 1953–1982 |
Renamed | 1980, Tobolsk |
Fate | Scrapped, 1982 |
General characteristics (1923) | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 20,815 GRT |
Length | 183.61m |
Beam | 22.18m |
Speed | 16 knots |
Capacity | 1650 passengers |
Notes | Sister ship Deustchland |
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