Giessen
Stats	Name: Giessen Type T/P Construction Yard (Yard No.) Cammell Laird & Co., Birkenhead (887) Launched 9.5.24 Commissioned 1924 Weight, metric tons 5800 Weight, BRT 4397 Length, meters 115,11 Width, meters 16,25 Depth, meters 5,42 Engines Two Parsons Turbines, 2 shafts, 6 boilers Horsepower, HP 6600 Speed, knots 19 Range, nautical miles (Max.) ? at 19 knots using 210t oil Patients/Medical staff 448/? Crew ? Armament None Owner Ministère de la Marine Marchande (Cie. Generale Transatlantique), Marseille
History	completed as French T/P Gouverneur Général Chanzy; 1940 seized by the Italians: Nicastro; 27.11.42 German accommodation ship (charter); returned 14.2.43; seized by the Germans 9.43; began conversion to hospital ship Giessen on 15.5.44; conversion was given up 17.8.44, and the ship was released for use as a blockship; scuttled 8.44 in La Ciotat; raised 1.5.45 and repaired: Gouverneur Général Chanzy; scrapped 1962 in Italy