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Bielefeld (1898) |
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Later names |
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SMS Sperrbrecher 3 (1914) |
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SMS Sperrbrecher 5 (1915) |
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SMS Bielefeld (1915) |
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Kobun Maru (1920) |
Builder: |
Flensburger Schiffsbau Gesellschaft Flensburg, Germany |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
N/A |
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Year Built: |
1898 |
Launched: |
July 16, 1989 |
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Freighter |
Completed: |
August 1898 |
Fate: |
Sunk in storm Dec. 29, 1928. Location: East China Sea, 240 miles west of Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan. Crew rescued. |
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Notes: |
Used as a minesweeper by the German navy during the Great War. |
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June 22, 1915 while grounded was torpedoed by HMS D-4. |
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1920 sold to the Japanese Government and renamed Kobun Maru. |
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Builder's Data |
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Page published Nov. 17, 2013 |