Kulmerland (ship)
Kulmerland in Hamburg | |
| History | |
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| Germany | |
| Name | Kulmerland |
| Namesake | Kulmerland, now Chełmno Land |
| Owner | Hamburg America Line |
| Port of registry | Hamburg |
| Builder | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
| Yard number | 109 |
| Launched | 1 August 1928 |
| Completed | 16 March 1929 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | scuttled 1944; scrapped 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo liner |
| Tonnage | 7,363 GRT, 4,367 NRT |
| Length | 463.6 ft (141.3 m) |
| Beam | 60.1 ft (18.3 m) |
| Depth | 28.0 ft (8.5 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 1,585 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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Kulmerland was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo liner that was launched in 1928. She worked HAPAG's route between Hamburg and the Far East until 1939. In the Second World War she was a supply ship for German auxiliary cruisers in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. In 1942 she became a successful blockade runner to German-occupied Europe. An Allied air raid on German-occupied France in 1943 put her out of action. German forces sank her as a blockship in 1944. She was raised in 1945 after the Liberation of France, and scrapped in 1950.
This was the first of two HAPAG ships named after Kulmerland in West Prussia, which is now Chełmno Land in Poland. The second Kulmerland was a motor ship that was completed in 1961, and sold and renamed in 1971.