Senator Schröder (ship)
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Builder | Eider Werft AG, Tönning |
Yard number | 81 |
Launched | 26 February 1908 |
Completed | 20 March 1908 |
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General characteristics | |
Length | 38.16 m (125.2 ft) |
Beam | 7.05 m (23.1 ft) |
Draught | 4.15 m (13.6 ft) |
Depth | 3.70 m (12.1 ft) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine, 49nhp |
Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Crew | 25 |
Senator Schröder was a German
Description
The ship 38.16 metres (125 ft 2 in) long, with a beam of 7.05 metres (23 ft 2 in). She had a depth of 3.70 metres (12 ft 2 in) and a draught of 4.15 metres (13 ft 7 in).
History
Senator Schröder was built as
On 23 December 1914, Senator Schröder was requisitioned by the Reichsmarine for use as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated to the Vorpostenflotille Flandern. SMS Senator Schröder was scuttled as a blockship at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium on 10 October 1918. She was refloated in 1919,[4] repaired and returned to her pre-war owners.[5] The ship was hijacked by Hermann Knüfken in 1921 to facilitate Franz Jung, Cläre Jung and Jan Appel attending the Third World Congress of the Communist International in Moscow.[6]
In May 1923, she was sold to Belgium. Converted to a
References
- ^ a b Gröner 1993, p. 176.
- ^ a b Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1911 Steamers. London: Lloyd's Register. 1911. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Gröner 1993, pp. 176–77.
- ^ a b c Gröner 1993, p. 177.
- ^ Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1920 Steamers. London: Lloyd's Register. 1920. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Bourrinet 2016, pp. 204, 288, 608.
Sources
- Bourrinet, Philippe (2016). The Dutch and German Communist Left (1900–68): 'Neither Lenin nor Trotsky nor Stalin!' - 'All Workers Must Think for Themselves!'. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-32593-7.
- Gröner, Erich (1993). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German). Vol. 8/I: Flußfahrzeuge, Ujäger, Vorpostenboote, Hilfsminensucher, Küstenschutzverbände (Teil 1). Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4807-5.