''Pagenturm'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as ''Schauenberg'' in 1944 by

Deutsche Werft Deutsche Werft (English: German Shipyard) was a shipbuilding company in Finkenwerder Rüschpark, Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1918 by Albert Ballin and with Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH), ''Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft'' (AEG) and ...

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for H Schuldt, Hamburg. She was seized as a

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in 1945, passing to the

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and renamed ''Empire Galway''. She was allocated to Belgium in 1946 and was renamed ''Kinshasha''. She was sold to Norway in 1951 and renamed ''Anne Reed''. Sold to

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in 1956, she was rebuilt and renamed ''Pagenturm''. She served until 1964, when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of , and a draught of . She was assessed as , , . The ship was propelled by a

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, which had two cylinders of 44 cm (17 inches) and two cylinders of 94 cm (37 inches) diameter by 91 cm (36 inches) stroke, The engine was built by Deutsche Werft. Rated at 1,200 IHP, it drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at . The ship had a complement of 35. She was equipped with 1×20-tonne, 1×10-tonne and 9×5-tonne cranes.

History

''Schauenberg'' was a Hansa A Type cargo ship built in 1945 as

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446 by

for Harald Schuldt & Co,

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, Germany. Her keel was laid on 15 February, She was launched on 20 June and completed on 28 September. Her port of registry was Flensburg, and the

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DKLM were allocated. On 14 December 1944, ''Schauenberg'' was severely damaged in an Allied air raid on Libau. In March 1945, she took part in the

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. On 8 May 1945, ''Schauenberg'' was seized as a

, Germany. She was delivered to

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on 15 July. She was passed to the

and was renamed ''Empire Galway''. The

GKWR and United Kingdom

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180772 were allocated. Her port of registry was

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and she was operated under the management of Walford Line Ltd. On 6 August 1946, ''Empire Galway '' was allocated to Belgium and was renamed ''Kinshasha''. She was owned by the Ministry of Marine, part of the

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. She was placed under the management of the Compagnie Maritime Belge Lloyd. Her port of registry was

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, and the Code Letters ONKI were allocated. In 1949, management was transferred to the Compagnie Maritime Congolaise. On 10 April 1950, ''Kinshasa'' was sold to A/S D/S Ibis,

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, Norway and was renamed ''Anne Reed''. Her port of registry was Bergen and the Code Letters LIVN were allocated. She was operated under the management of Johs Larsen, Bergen. In July 1956, ''Anne Reed'' was sold to the Deutsche Dampfschifffarts-Gesellschaft Hansa,

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. She was rebuilt by H C Stülken Sohn, Hamburg and renamed ''Pagenturm''. She was assessed at , , . Her port of registry was Bremen and the Code Letters DLCY were allocated. She re-entered service on 28 September. With their introduction in the 1960s, She was allocated the

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5526869. ''Pagenturm'' served until 1964. She was sold on 19 June to Ditta Lotti,

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, Italy for scrapping.

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