Amsel
was laid down at Nordseewerke
in Rostock and launched in 1927 for the company Schröder & Fischer in
Hamburg. In 1935 she was sold to Deutche
Levante Lines and renamed Arkadia. Under second world
war she was chartered by Kriegsmarine and used as a
troop transport at the invasion of Crete in 1941 and
later in the Black Sea. Under a journey from Sevastapol
to Constanta escorted by German R-boats 29.April 1943
she sailed into a minefield and sank. The whole crew
were rescued by the German escort ships. The wreck was
found in the 1980s standing on her keel like a classic
"Donald Duck" wreck on a depth of 18 to 30 meter outside
Constanta.
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Arkadia
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Amsel
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219,6 x 34,9 x 13,1 f
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Home
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998 grt
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Rostock ( D ) 1927
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Hamburg ( D )
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