Gran Canaria (1938)

Later Names
Erwin Wassner (1939)


Builder:
Deutsche Werft A.G.
Finkenwarder, Hamburg, Germany
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1938
Launched:
January 29, 1938
Type:
Freighter (Fruit ship) (a)
Completed:
March 28, 1938
Fate:
Sunk July 24, 1944 by RAF bombers at Kiel, Germany.
   
Notes
(a):
Converted into a submarine depot ship in 1938, used for FdU and BdU.
 
Named in honor of Konteradmiral Erwin Wassner (1887-1937)


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (As built)
Length:
386'
Engines:
2 Steam turbines
Beam:
54'
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
23' (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
3,866
HP:
918 NHP
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
16 knots


Owner
As built:
Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhererei
Oldenburg, Germany
1939:
Kriegsmarine


Commanding Officers
From
To
Name
Mar. 1938
Feb. 1019
Unknown
Feb. 1939
Oct. 1939
Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Bertram
Oct. 1939
July 24, 1944
Korvettenkapitän Gottfried Pies



   
Page published Feb. 26, 2021