Hindenburg (icebreaker)

History
German Empire
Name:	Hindenburg[1]
Owner:	Kooperative Kaufmannschaft Stettin[2]
Builder:	Stettiner Oderwerke[2]
Yard number:	657[2]
Launched:	15 December 1915[3]
Completed:	23 December 1916[3]
Fate:	Sunk after mine explosion, 9 March 1918[3]
General characteristics
Type:	Icebreaker[3]
Displacement:	1,800 t (1,800 long tons)[2]
Length:	51 m (167 ft 4 in)[2]
Beam:	12.84 m (42 ft 2 in)[2]
Height:	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)[3]
Draught:	5 m (16 ft 5 in)[2]
Decks:	8[3]
Ice class:	1[3]
Installed power:	1,850 indicated horsepower (1,380 kW)[2]
Propulsion:	one three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine[3]
Crew:	21[3]

The German icebreaker Hindenburg was built by Stettiner Oderwerke at Stettin-Grabow in 1915 for the Cooperative Merchants' Guild of Stettin (German: Koop. Kaufmannschaft Stettin). The ship was launched on15 December 1915 but not completed until 23 December. In February 1918, the Hindenburg was part of Transportflotte I of the Sonderverband Ostsee operating against the Åland Islands. There the Hindenburg struck a mine off Eckerö on 9 March 1918 and sunk at 60°11′N 19°25′E / 60.183°N 19.417°ECoordinates: 60°11′N 19°25′E / 60.183°N 19.417°E. Three crew members died in the event.:^[1]The wreck was found 1995 at 50 meters by diveinstructor Richard Johansson from Maltaproffsen and his crew from Ålands Dykcenter and FF-Dyk.

References

Notes

1. Gröner 1989, pp. 59-60.
2. Gröner 1989, p. 59.
3. Gröner 1989, p. 60.

Bibliography

• Gröner, Erich (1989). Hafenbetriebsfahrzeuge (II: Bagger, Bergungs- und Tauchfahrzeuge, Eisbrecher, Schlepper, Verkehrsfahrzeuge), Yachten und Avisos, Landungsverbände (I). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe, 1815-1945 VI (Koblenz: Bernard&Graefe). ISBN 3763748059.