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HINDENBURG

German cargo ship HINDENBURG, Hamburg, Germany

1921: built at Bremer Vulkan Werke, Vegesack, Bremen, Germany
1921: HINDENBURG - Hugo Stinnes GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
1926: HINDENBURG - Hamburg-Amerika Line (HAPAG), Hamburg, Germany
1940: SEELÖWE, A 40, die Deutsche Kriegsmarine.
1942: lost

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ss HINDENBURG RBFM-DHLR 8.2./3.4.1921 Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack (594) 7878/4897 22317/13871 12289 142,89-17,76-9,98-10,80 m
3fE 820x1340x2200/1400 3700 4 14,0 885 Werft 52 (Pas.I=18) (11.4.1921) "Hindenburg", already ordered 29.3.1915 and planned as "Weddingen". AG Hugo Stinnes for Maritime & Overseas Trade, Hamburg (DEU). 29.12.1927 H. A. P. A. G. 18.3.1940 Hamburger Reed. GmbH. 1940 Kriegsmarine Transsorter "A 40" at the Untern. "Seelöwe" (August 1940). 17.11.1942 with Russian prisoners of war in pos. 59.40 N 21.20 O/before Utö torpedoed by the Russian submarine "L 3", broke apart during the towing attempt by "V 305" on 19.11. and sank. Many survivors are rescued by Finnish ships.
 

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