SS General von Steuben
54°41′N 16°51′E / 54.683°N 16.850°E
SS General von Steuben | |
| History | |
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| → → Germany | |
| Name |
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| Namesake |
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| Owner | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| Port of registry | Bremen |
| Ordered | 9 September 1920 |
| Builder | AG Vulcan Stettin, Germany |
| Yard number | 669 |
| Launched | 25 November 1922 |
| Completed | 26 March 1923 |
| Maiden voyage | 21 June 1923 |
| Refit | 1930–31 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by Soviet submarine S-13, 10 February 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 14,660 GRT, 8,385 NRT (1930 refit) |
| Length | 546.5 ft (166.6 m) |
| Beam | 65.0 ft (19.8 m) |
| Depth | 43.7 ft (13.3 m) |
| Decks | 4 |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 × screws |
| Speed |
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| Capacity | 1926-1930: 494 cabin class, 266 tourist class, 251 third class
1931-1934: 214 cabin class; 358 tourist class; 221 third class] 1935-on: 496 (one class for cruising only) |
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SS General von Steuben was a German passenger liner and later an armed transport ship of the German Navy that was sunk in the Baltic Sea during World War II. She was launched in 1923 as München (after the German city, sometimes spelled Muenchen), renamed General von Steuben in 1930 (after the famous German officer of the American Revolutionary War), and renamed Steuben in 1938.
During World War II, the ship served as a troop accommodation vessel, and from 1944 as an armed transport. On 10 February 1945, while evacuating German military personnel, wounded soldiers, and civilian refugees during Operation Hannibal, the ship was torpedoed by the Soviet submarine S-13 and sank. An estimated 4,000 people lost their lives in the sinking.