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Preussen (Hilfsminenleger)

Hilfsminenleger 1909 - 1980  


Deutschland 1914

Build as train ferry.


Contruction Data

Laid down:     A.G. Vulcan Stettin, 1909
Launched:     03.04.1909
Commissioned:     
Fate:     still existing in 1980
Costs:     

Technical Data

Size:     4200 t
Length:     113,80 m
Beam:     16,26 m
Draft:     4,90 m
Armament:     4 x 8,8 cm; 2 x 5 cm; 2 x 8,8 cm; 420 mines
Performance:     5000 shp, 16,5 kn

History

The Train Ferries Deutschland and Preussen were commissioned as auxiliary mine layers in August 1914.

The Preussen was shortly assigned to the mine layers in the North Sea, but was put into its original service as a train ferry again
in the same year. In 1937 it beached at Rügen, but was rescued and repaired one year later. The ship also survived World War II and was taken over by the Soviets. Renamed Krilyon , it first served as a passenger ship, from 1975 on it was used as a floating barrack in Vladivostock. It was still existing as a floating barrack in 1980.

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