Stats| Name: | Portia | | Type | S/S | Construction Yard
(Yard No.) | Henry Koch, Lübeck
(208) | | Launched | 19.8.11 | | Commissioned | 14.10.11 | | Weight, BRT | 968 | | Length, meters | 68,58 | | Width, meters | 10,08 | | Depth, meters | 4,53 | | Engines | One 3cyl expansion engine,
1 shaft, 2 boilers | | Horsepower, HP | 800 induced | | Speed, knots | 10 | Range, nautical miles
(Max.) | 3600 at 10 knots using 170t coal | | Patients (beds)/Medical staff | 258/14 (in 1914) | | Crew | 28 (incl. 16 civilians) | | Armament | None | | Owner | Adolph Kirsten, Hamburg |
History- Entered service as a hospital ship in the Kais. Marine on 5.8.14 (Hilfslazarettschiff B);
- Returned 13.8.18;
- 10.8.21 to UK, but not taken over and returned;
- Into service in the KM as a hospital ship on 18.8.40;
- Decommissioned 26.11.40 and returned: Lavinia;
- Mined 24.4.41 near the Kieler Lightship (54°05 N / 10°40 E) and sunk;
- Raised 3.6.42 and beached;
- 14.10.42 to Aalborg for repairs;
- Sunk 22.4.44 in Aalborg due to sabotage at the yard;
- Raised and repaired again;
- Bombed 9.10.44 in Hamburg and burned out;
- The hulk was again bombed 25.4.45 on the Unterelbe and sunk;
- Raised 1948 and repaired;
- 1949 Portia;
- Scrapped 3.62 in Belgium.
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