''Deneb'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1923 as ''Rhenania'' by Nüscke & Co,

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for German owners. She was sold in 1924 and renamed ''Marth Halm'' In 1927, she was sold to Finnish owners and renamed ''Bore VII''. She ran aground in 1936 and was declared a total loss. In 1937, she was sold to Germany, repaired and renamed ''Götaälv''. In 1938 she was sold and renamed ''Bernhard Schulte''. In 1941, she sank off the

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but was salvaged and repaired. ''Bernhard Schulte'' was seized by the Allies at Flensburg, Germany in May 1945, passed to the

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(MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Congo''. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed ''Coquetside''. In 1951, she was sold to Italy and renamed ''Deneb''. She served until 1966 when she was scrapped at

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, Italy.

Description

The ship was built in 1923 by Nüscke & Co, Stettin. The ship was long, with a beam of a depth of . She had a GRT of 1,080 and a NRT of 654. She had a DWT of 1,700 The ship was propelled by a

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, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by A Borsig GmbH, Berlin.

History

''Rhenania'' was built for Westdeutsche Schiffahrts AG, Düsseldorf. On 11 January 1924, she ran aground at

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, Denmark. She was refloated on 14 January. At some point in 1924, she was sold to E Halm & Co,

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and renamed ''Marth Halm''. She was operated by Kölner Reederei AG. In 1926, she was sold to Ångfartyg Ab Bore,

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, Finland and renamed ''Bore VII''. She was placed under the management of Thr. Kramer. Her port of registry was

Åbo Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; 16 ...

. ''Bore VII'' was allocated the

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THFJ and the Finnish

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981. In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to OHGQ. On 18 December 1936, ''Bore VII'' ran aground off

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, Finland and was declared a total loss. In 1937, the wreck was sold to August Bolten Wm. Miller's Nachfolger,

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. The ship was repaired and renamed ''Götaälv''. She was allocated the Code Letters DJTY. In 1938, she was sold to Schulte & Bruns,

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and renamed ''Bernhard Schulte''. On 3 March 1941, ''Bernhard Schulte'' was sunk by off the

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() during

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. She was salvaged and repaired. In May 1945, ''Bernhard Schulte'' was seized by the Allies at Flensburg, Germany. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Congo''. ''Empire Congo'' was placed under the management of Monroe Bros Ltd. Her port of registry was changed to London. She was allocated the Code Letters GKRQ and the United Kingdom

180607. In 1947, she was sold to Coquet Shipping Co,

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and renamed ''Coquetside''. She was operated under the management of Anthony & Bainbridge Ltd. In 1951, ''Coquetside'' was sold to C Cosulich,

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, Italy and renamed ''Deneb''. She was sold in 1958 to Nautica SpA,

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, Italy. ''Deneb'' served until October 1966, when she was scrapped at

, Italy.

References

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