Hindenburg (icebreaker)
Appearance
![]() | |
History | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Name | Hindenburg[3] |
Owner | Kooperative Kaufmannschaft Stettin[2] |
Builder | Stettiner Oderwerke[2] |
Yard number | 657[2] |
Launched | 15 December 1915[1] |
Completed | 23 December 1916[1] |
Fate | Sunk after mine explosion, 9 March 1918[1] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Icebreaker[1] |
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)[1] |
Draught | 5 m (16 ft 5 in)[2] |
Decks | 8[1] |
Ice class | 1[1] |
Installed power | 1,850 indicated horsepower (1,380 kW)[2] |
Propulsion | one three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine[1] |
Crew | 21[1] |
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. During the Invasion of Åland in February 1918, the Hindenburg was part of Transportflotte I of the Sonderverband Ostsee. The Hindenburg struck a mine off Eckerö, Åland Islands on 9 March 1918 and sunk at 60°11′N 19°25′E / 60.183°N 19.417°E. Three crew members died in the event.:[3]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
- Bibliography
- Gröner, Erich (1989). Hafenbetriebsfahrzeuge (II: Bagger, Bergungs- und Tauchfahrzeuge, Eisbrecher, Schlepper, Verkehrsfahrzeuge), Yachten und Avisos, Landungsverbände (I). Vol. VI. Koblenz: Bernard&Graefe. ISBN 3763748059.
{{cite book}}
:|work=
ignored (help)