Hospital Ship – Lazarettschiff Schleswig-Holstein

  • Completed as S/S Horncap (Horn DSR);
  • 1926 Yalta (NDL);
  • 1931 Hansburg (Flensburger DC);
  • 1938 Schleswig-Holstein;
  • Was to have been hospital ship 12.7.40 for Operation Seelöwe, but was unsuitable;
  • Began conversion to artillery school ship at H. Bauer, Hamburg on 5.11.41;
  • Entered service 22.1.43 as Herkules, Schulverband HKS I;
  • 15.3.46 to USSR: Ozakov;
  • 1948 polish Kolobrzeg;
  • Scrapped 1957.
Stats
Name:Schleswig-Holstein
TypeS/S
Construction Yard
(Yard No.)
Schiffswerft H. Koch, Lübeck
(238)
Launched12.20
Commissioned5.21
Weight, BRT2369
Length, meters90,10
Width, meters13,00
Depth, meters6,18
EnginesOne 3cyl expansion engine,
1 shaft, 2 boilers
Horsepower, HP1100 induced
Speed, knots13
Range, nautical miles
(Max.)
7640 at 10 knots using 590t coal
Patients (beds)/Medical staff?/?
Crew?
ArmamentNone
OwnerLübeck-Linie AG., Lübeck