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{{other ships|SS Imkenturm}}
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| Ship name                = *''Imkenturm'' (1944–45)
*''Empire Gantry'' (1945–46)
*''Feodosia'' (1946–47)
*''Olsztyn'' (1947–72)
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| Ship owner               = *[[DDG Hansa]] (1944–45)
*Ministry of War Transport (1945–46)
*Soviet Government (1946–47)
*Gdynia America Lines (1947–51)
* Polska Żegluga Morska (1951–72)
| Ship operator            = *DDG Hansa (1945)
*Moss Hutchinson Line (1945–46)
*Soviet Government (1946–47)
*Gdynia America Lines (1947–51)
* Polska Żegluga Morska (1951–72)
| Ship registry            = *{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Ports of Bremen|Bremen]] (1945)
*{{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} [[Port of London|London]] (1945–46)
*{{flag|Soviet Union}} (1946–47)
*{{flagicon|Poland|state}} [[Gdynia]] (1947–51)
*{{flagicon|Poland|state}} [[Szczecin]] (1951–72)
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| Ship builder             =  Werf de Noord / Flensberger
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| Ship yard number         = 604
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| Ship laid down           = 29 March 1943
| Ship launched            = 2 March 1944
| Ship completed           = 27 February 1945
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| Ship out of service      = 1972
| Ship identification      = *[[Maritime call sign|call sign]] DOIJ (1945)
*{{ICS|Delta}}{{ICS|Oscar}}{{ICS|India}}{{ICS|Juliet}}
*UK [[official number]] 180638 (1945–46)
*call sign GJLQ (1945–46)
*{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Juliet}}{{ICS|Lima}}{{ICS|Quebec}}
*call sign SPAH (1946–72)
*{{ICS|Sierra}}{{ICS|Papa}}{{ICS|Alpha}}{{ICS|Hotel}}
*{{IMO Number|5662782}} ( –1972)
| Ship fate                = Scrapped
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| Ship class               = Hansa A type [[cargo ship]]
| Ship tonnage             = *{{GRT|1925}}, {{NRT|936}}, {{DWT|3196}} 
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| Ship length              = {{cvt|87.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam                = {{cvt|13.51|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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| Ship draught             = {{cvt|5.59|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship depth               = {{cvt|4.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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| Ship power               = Compound steam engine, 1,200IHP
| Ship propulsion          = Single screw propeller
| Ship speed               = {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h}}
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| Ship crew                = 25, plus 8–10 gunners (in wartime)
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'''''Olsztyn''''' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as '''''Imkenturm''''' in 1944 by Werf de Noord, [[Alblasserdam]], Netherlands for [[DDG Hansa]], [[Bremen]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]. She was seized as a [[prize (law)|prize of war]] in 1945, passing to the [[Ministry of War Transport]] and renamed '''''Empire Gantry'''''. She was allocated to the [[Soviet Union]] in 1946 and was renamed '''''Feodosia''''' ({{langx|ru|Феодосия}}). Sold to Poland in 1947, she was renamed ''Olsztyn''. She served until 1972, when she was scrapped.

==Description==
The ship was {{cvt|87.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long, with a beam of {{cvt|13.51|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. She had a depth of {{cvt|4.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, and a draught of {{cvt|5.59|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Feodosia45>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/45/45a1210.pdf |year=1945 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |volume=I, Steamers and Motorships of 300 Tons Gross and Over |place=London |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register]] of Shipping |via=[[Southampton City Council]] |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> She was assessed as {{GRT|1925}},<ref name=Ships/> {{NRT|936}}, {{DWT|3196}}.<ref name=Marcussen>{{cite web |url= http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=12185 |title=Imkenturm (Ty.) |language=Danish |publisher=J Marcussen |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>

The ship was propelled by a [[compound steam engine]], which had two cylinders of {{Convert|42|cm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}} and two cylinders of {{Convert|90|cm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}} diameter by {{Convert|90|cm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}} inches stroke. The engine was built by [[Rheinmetall|Rheinmetall-Börsig AG]], [[Tegel]], Germany.<ref name=Feodosia45/> Rated at 1,200[[indicated horsepower|IHP]], it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h}}.<ref name=Marcussen/>

The ship had a complement of 25, plus 8-10 gunners during wartime. She was equipped with 1×30-tonne, 1×10-tonne and 10×5-tonne cranes.<ref name=DDG/>

==History==
''Imkenturm'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1944 as [[yard number]] 604 by Werf de Noord, [[Alblasserdam]], Netherlands for [[Hansa Line|Deutsche Dampfschifffarts-Gesellschaft Hansa]], [[Bremen]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]].<ref name=Marcussen/><ref name=Ships>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year=1995 |title=The Empire Ships |page=not cited  |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |isbn=1-85044-275-4}}</ref> Her keel was laid on 29 March 1943.<ref name=DDG/> She was launched on 2 March 1944 and completed by [[Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft]], [[Flensburg]], Germany on 27 February 1945.<ref name=Marcussen/> Her port of registry was Bremen,<ref name=Ships/> and the [[Code Letters]] DOIJ were allocated. She participated in the [[Evacuation of East Prussia]] and was damaged in an Allied air raid on Flensburg on 1 May 1945.<ref name=DDG>{{cite web |url=http://ddghansa-shipsphotos.de/imkenturm200.htm |title=D/S Imkenturm (2) (DOIJ) 1945 |language=German |publisher=DDG Hansa |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>

On 8 May 1945,<ref name=DDG/> ''Imkenturm'' was seized as a [[prize (law)|prize of war]] at Flensburg. She was passed to the [[Ministry of War Transport]] and  was renamed ''Empire Gantry''.<ref name=Ships/> Her UK [[official number]] was 180638 and her [[Maritime call sign|call sign]] was GJLQ. She was registered in [[Port of London|London]] and Moss Hutchinson Line Ltd [[Ship management|managed]] her.<ref name=Gantry45>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/45/45a1186.pdf |year=1945 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |volume=I Steamers and Motorships of 300 Tons Gross and Over |place=London |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |via=Southampton City Council |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>

In 1946 ''Empire Gantry'' was allocated to the Soviet Union and renamed ''Feodosia''.<ref name=Ships/>

In 1947, ''Feodosia'' was sold to Gdynia America Lines, Poland and was renamed ''Olsztyn''.<ref name=Ships/> The Code Letters SPAH were allocated.<ref name=DDG/> In 1951, she was sold to [[Polska Żegluga Morska]], [[Szczecin]].<ref name=Ships/> With their introduction in the 1960s, ''Olsztyn'' was allocated the [[IMO Number]] 5662782.<ref name=Marcussen/> She served until 1972,<ref name=Ships/> arriving at [[Bruges]], Belgium on 31 January for scrapping by Gebroeders Van Heygen.<ref name=Marcussen/><ref name=DDG/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.shipspotting.com/photos/middle/3/1/7/1240713.jpg Colour photograph of ''Olsztyn''.]

{{Hansa A type ships}}
{{Empire ships}}

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