SS Hamburg (1925)

	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

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

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

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