General von Steuben

Sunk

Type	Transport
War	Second World War

Service

to 1931	München North German Lloyd liner	Germany
from 1931	General von Steuben	Germany

Built as the liner München, later a cruise ship. Sunk by S-13 off Stolpmünde on 10 February 1945 carrying wounded soldiers and refugees from Pillau; about 4,000 died.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Polarfahrt mit dem Dampfer "München".- Die "München" im Hafen der Advent-Bay 17. Juli - 12. August 1925 Photo: Fleischhut, Richard, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Builder	AG Vulcan Stettin, Germany
Laid down	1 October 1921
Launched	25 November 1922
Length	546.5 ft (166.6 m)
Speed	1923: 15.75 knots (29.17 km/h) 1931: 16.3 knots (30.2 km/h)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched as München

25 November 1922

Renamed General von Steuben

1931

Sinking of General von Steuben

Sunk

10 February 1945

About 4,000 killed; 650 saved