SS Stettin (1886)

History
German Empire
NameSS Stettin
OperatorNorddeutscher Lloyd
BuilderAG Vulcan Stettin[1]
Launched1886[1]
FateSold to Japan, 1903
Japan
NameLoong Yue
OperatorShowa Kosen Gyogyo KK
Port of registryJapan Tokyo[1]
RenamedRyuyu Maru
FateScapped 1931[1]
General characteristics
Tonnage2,178 GRT[1]
Length316.0 m (1,036 ft 9 in)[1]
Beam35.4 m (116 ft 2 in)[1]
Depth24.5 m (80 ft 5 in)[1]

The steamship Stettin was a German cargo vessel launched in 1886 built by AG Vulcan Stettin and operated by Norddeutscher Lloyd.[1]

In March 1899, Stettin assisted the German unprotected cruiser SMS Cormoran, which had run aground off New Pomerania.[2]

Stettin was later renamed Loong Yue and then finally was acquired by Showa Kosen Gyogyo KK and rename Ryuyu Maru before ultimately being broken up for scrap in 1931.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS 1930-31" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  2. ^ Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz, p. 194

References

  • Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert; Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe. Vol. 2. Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8364-9743-5.
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