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Name: OTTENSEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/09/1904
Completed: 10/1904
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 720
Dimensions: 4258grt, 2681nrt, 378.8 x 49.7 x 19.1ft
Engines: Q4cyl (23, 32, 48 & 72 x 54ins), 492nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1904 Deutsch-Australische Dampfs Ges, Hamburg
10/1914 Imperial German Navy
1914 Renamed SPERRBRECHER 11
04/1915 Renamed SPERRBRECHER 2
16/03/1916 Sank
Comments: 10/1914: Requisitioned by the Imperial German Navy as a mine clearance vessel
16/03/1916: Sank after being mined and then colliding with
NIEDERWALD North of Rottum in position 53.42N - 06.00E