SS Hamburg
History
Weimar Republic
Name	SS Hamburg
Owner	Hamburg America Line
Route	Hamburg–New York City
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Yard number	473
Launched	14 November 1925
In service	28 March 1926
Fate	Sold to the Kriegsmarine
Nazi Germany
Name	Hamburg
Operator	Kriegsmarine
Commissioned	1 January 1940
Fate	Sunk by mine, 7 March 1945
Soviet Union
Name	Yuri Dolgoruki
Acquired	By salvage, 1950
In service	12 July 1960
Fate	Scrapped, 1977
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	22,117 GRT
Displacement	28,000 t (27,560 long tons)
Length	206.50 m (677 ft 6 in)
Beam	24 m (78 ft 9 in)
Height	16.92 m (55 ft 6 in)
Draught	9.95 m (32 ft 8 in)
Decks	5
Installed power	28,000 PS (20,590 kW; 27,620 shp)
Propulsion	2 steam turbines, 2 5.20 m (17.1 ft) propellers
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range	9,600 nmi (17,800 km; 11,000 mi) at 19 knots
Capacity	222 first class passengers 471 second class 456 third class

SS Hamburg was a German ocean liner owned by the Hamburg America Line, built by the Blohm & Voss of Hamburg, Germany, and launched in 1925. She had a sister ship, SS New York. They were similar to the SS Albert Ballin.

During World War II, the ship became a naval accommodation ship for the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and served with the 7th U-boat Flotilla in Kiel. Reassigned to 3rd U-boat Flotilla on 1 March 1941, Hamburg was transferred to 6th U-boat Flotilla in Danzig in October. From June 1943, Hamburg was relocated to Gotenhafen and assigned to 8th U-boat Flotilla. On 7 March 1945 during the evacuation of Germans from the Eastern Front, she struck a mine and sank off Saßnitz in position 54°30′00″N 13°42′02″E / 54.50000°N 13.70056°E / 54.50000; 13.70056.^[1]

The wreck was raised by the Soviets and converted to a whaler at Warnowwerft, Warnemünde, from 7 November 1950. Becoming Yuri Dolgoruki, the ship was put in service on 12 July 1960. She was then broken up in 1977.^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Gröner, Erich (1988). Hilfsschiffe II: Lazarettschiffe, Wohnschiffe, Schulschiffe, Forschungsfahrzeuge, Hafenbetriebsfahrzeuge (I). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815–1945 (in German). Vol. V. Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4804-0.

External links

• Hamburg America Line SS Hamburg Ephemera GG Archives