MV Spreewald

Spreewald in 1923
History
Germany
Name
  • 1922: Spreewald
  • 1935: Anubis
  • 1939: Spreewald
Namesake
OwnerHamburg America Line
Port of registryHamburg
BuilderDeutsche Werft, Hamburg
Launched12 October 1922
Completed1922
Identification
Fatesunk 31 January 1942
General characteristics
Typecargo ship
Tonnage5,083 GRT, 3,002 NRT
Length399.6 ft (121.8 m)
Beam54.2 ft (16.5 m)
Depth27.4 ft (8.4 m)
Decks2
Installed power714 NHP
Propulsion
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)
Sensors &
processing systems
Notessister ship: Odenwald

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.

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. The third was a motor ship that was completed in 1951 and scrapped in 1979.