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SS General San Martin

History
Name:
  • Thuringia (1922-30)
  • General San Martin (1930-46)
  • Empire Deben (1946-49)
Owner:
  • Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt AG (1922-36)
  • Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft (1936-40)
  • Kriegsmarine (1940-45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945-49)
Operator:
  • Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG (1923-34)
  • Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft (1934-40)
  • Kriegsmarine (1940-45)
  • Shaw, Savill & Albion Line (1945-49)
Port of registry:
  • Weimar Republic Hamburg, Germany (1922-33)
  • Nazi Germany Hamburg (1933-45)
  • Nazi Germany Kriegsmarine (1940-45)
  • United Kingdom London, United Kingdom (1945-49)
Builder: Howaldtswerke
Launched: 12 August 1922
Completed: 10 January 1923
Commissioned: 20 January 1940
Decommissioned: 26 June 1945
Maiden voyage: 22 January 1923
Out of service: March 1949
Identification:
  • Code Letters RDFC (1922-34)
  • ICS Romeo.svgICS Delta.svgICS Foxtrot.svgICS Charlie.svg
  • Code Letters DHIR (1934-45)
  • ICS Delta.svgICS Hotel.svgICS India.svgICS Romeo.svg
  • Code Letters GQXY (1945-49)
  • ICS Golf.svgICS Quebec.svgICS X-ray.svgICS Yankee.svg
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type:
  • Ocean liner (1922-40)
  • Barracks ship (1940-45) )
  • Tender (1945)
  • Hospital ship (1945)
  • Troopship (1945-49)
Tonnage:
Length: 150.90 m (495 ft 1 in)
Beam: 18.50 m (60 ft 8 in)
Depth: 8.50 m (27 ft 11 in)
Installed power: 5,300 shp (4.0 MW)
Propulsion: Steam turbine
Speed: 13.5 kn (25.0 km/h)
Range: 13,500 nmi (25,000 km)
Capacity: 158 Cabin class passengers and 380 3rd class passengers (Thuringia)
Complement: 164

Thuringia was an 11,251 GRT ocean liner that was built in 1922 by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany for the Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt AG, Hamburg. In 1930, she was renamed General San Martin. In 1934, she was chartered by Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft and sold to them in 1936. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and served until 1945 as a barracks ship, and then as passenger ship during the evacuation of civilians from the Baltic.

She was seized in May 1945 by the British at Copenhagen, Denmark, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Deben. She served as a troopship until 1949, when she was scrapped.

The ship was built in 1922 by Howaldtswerke, Kiel. She was yard number 610.

The ship was 150.90 metres (495 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 18.50 metres (60 ft 8 in). She had a depth of 8.50 metres (27 ft 11 in). She was assessed at 11,251 GRT, 6,579 NRT.

The ship was propelled by a steam turbine, driving a single screw propeller . The turbine was made by Brown, Boveri & Compagnie, Mannheim. Rated at 5,300 shp (4.0 MW), it could propel her at 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h). Steam was supplied by five boilers. Her range was 11,500 nautical miles (21,300 km)


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