SMS Deutschland

SMS Deutschland was a German ferry commissioned as a minelayer during World War I. The ship served primarily in the Baltic Sea, including during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga. The ship was launched on 17 February 1909 at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin. Deutschland was conscripted into military service as a mine layer, on 4 August 1914. The ship returned to ferry service after the war, but was again drafted into the German navy and renamed Stralsund in 1940, for participation in the abortive invasion of England. The ship fell into Soviet hands following the end of World War II, was renamed Orion and subsequently Aniva (Анива). The ship was eventually retired and scrapped in the 1960s.

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beam 15.5 metre, speed 16.5 knot, length 113.8 metre, draft 4.3 metre, 
train ferry, minelayer, Imperial German Navy, Kriegsmarine, AG Vulcan Stettin, 

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ship launching

1914-08-04T00:00:00Z

1914-08-04T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

Dampffaehre Deutschland 1909

DEUTCHLAND (i.e., Deutschland) LOC hec.02323

Rügen - deutsche und schwedische Fähre - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 003269

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Drachinifel page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Dampffaehre Deutschland 1909		Commons
commons	image		DEUTCHLAND (i.e., Deutschland) LOC hec.02323		Commons
commons	image		Rügen - deutsche und schwedische Fähre - LABW - Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 003269		Commons