gauss

The German m/s GAUSS, 76,6m/1.236gt,built 1925 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel, DG Neptun, Bremen, for its Iberia traffic. 1942 in Nakskov transferred to Kriegsmarine as SPERRBRECHER 178; 12/12/1942 she was attacked by torpedo launched from HMS WHITSHED and sunken off Le Treport. Sister-ships: KEPLER, OLBER

The German m/s GAUSS, 76,6m/1.236gt,built 1925 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel, DG Neptun, Bremen, for its Iberia traffic. 1942 in Nakskov transferred to Kriegsmarine as SPERRBRECHER 178; 12/12/1942 she was attacked by torpedo launched from HMS WHITSHED and sunken off Le Treport. Sister-ships: KEPLER, OLBER

The German survey vessel Gauß seen here in the drift ice off the coast of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-II. land (about 87.43S 91.54E) during weather experiments. The 3-mast barquentine GAUSS (1442 ts / 700 tdw) was built especially for science purposes in the Antarctic and launched by the Howaldtswerke A. G.

The German m/s GAUSS, 76,6m/1.236gt,built 1925 Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel, DG Neptun, Bremen, for its Iberia traffic. 1942 in Nakskov transferred to Kriegsmarine as SPERRBRECHER 178; 12/12/1942 she was attacked by torpedo launched from HMS WHITSHED and sunken off Le Treport. Sister-ships :KEPLER, OLBER