"WENDEMUTH"

1913 WENDEMUTH, 1929 VULKAN
 
(sisterships: WENDEMUTH, LOEWER)
Tug/Tender
Registered: LR25-26:36957 /(DEU)ON 4333
395 GRT, L44,62m(42,30), B8,50m, D3,94m(4,50)  (138.7'x28.0'x13.5')
steel, 1 scr, T3cyl by shipbuilder, coal fired, 171nhp-1200ihp, sp 8,5kn
 
WENDEMUTH
1912 -xx/12: Launched by "Johannes L. Meyer" at Papenburg (YN 284)
1913 -28/03: completed for "Hamburg Amerika Linie" at Hamburg
        (DEU flag, regd Hamburg, ON 4333, c/s RSPW)
1915 -09/01: requisitioned for war service on the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Ressort I
1915 -05/02: returned to owners
1922: mng "Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG" at Hamburg
1926: mng transferred to "Lütgens & Reimers" at Hamburg
1927 -29/06: To "Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG" at Hamburg
1929 -22/11: To "Norddeutscher Lloyd" at Bremen, renamed VULKAN
1940 -20/08: requisitioned by the German Kriegsmarine, to Unternehmen Seelöwe at Le Havre (FRA)
1944 -20/09: (18h25') ran on a mine off Le Havre (FRA)(2 crew lost)
 
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1913 LOEWER, 1929 MERKUR
 
(sisterships: WENDEMUTH, LOEWER)
Registered: LR25-26:25993 /(DEU)ON 4358
395 GRT, L42,30m, B8,50m, D4,11m  (138.7'x27.9'x13.5')
steel, 1 scr, T3cyl by shipbuilder, 170nhp-1200ihp
 
LOEWER
1913 -26/02: Launched by "Johannes L. Meyer" at Papenburg (YN 285)
1913 -13/05: completed for "Hamburg Amerika Linie" at Hamburg
        (DEU flag, regd Hamburg, ON 4358, c/s RSTG)
1922: mng "Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG" at Hamburg
1926: mng transferred to "Lütgens & Reimers" at Hamburg
1927 -29/06: To "Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG" at Hamburg
1929 -22/11: To "Norddeutscher Lloyd" at Bremen, renamed MERKUR
1934 -12/05: sank at Bremerhaven after collision with the liner 'Albert Ballin' (8 crew lost)
1934 -xx/09: raised and broken up at Bremerhaven