Hindenburg (icebreaker)

Career
Name: Hindenburg[1]
Owner: Kooperative Kaufmannschaft Stettin[2]
Builder: Stettiner Oderwerke[2]
Yard number: 657[2]
Launched: 15 December 1915[3]
Completed: 23 December 1916[3]
Fate: Sunk after mine explosion, 9 March 1918[3]
General characteristics
Type:Icebreaker[3]
Displacement:1,800 t (1,800 long tons)[2]
Length:51 m (167 ft 4 in)[2]
Beam:12.84 m (42 ft 2 in)[2]
Height:5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)[3]
Draught:5 m (16 ft 5 in)[2]
Decks:8[3]
Ice class:1[3]
Installed power:1,850 indicated horsepower (1,380 kW)[2]
Propulsion:one three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine[3]
Crew:21[3]

The German icebreaker Hindenburg was built by Stettiner Oderwerke at Stettin-Grabow in 1915 for the Cooperative Merchants' Guild of Stettin (German: Koop. Kaufmannschaft Stettin). The ship was launched on15 December 1915 but not completed until 23 December. In February 1918, the Hindenburg was part of Transportflotte I of the Sonderverband Ostsee operating against the Åland Islands. There the Hindenburg struck a mine off Eckerö on 9 March 1918 and sunk at 60°11′N 19°25′E / 60.183°N 19.417°ECoordinates: 60°11′N 19°25′E / 60.183°N 19.417°E. Three crew members died in the event.:[1]The wreck was found 1995 at 50 meters by diveinstructor Richard Johansson from Maltaproffsen and his crew from Ålands Dykcenter and FF-Dyk.

References

Notes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gröner 1989, pp. 59-60.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Gröner 1989, p. 59.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Gröner 1989, p. 60.
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