MV Robert Ley
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MV Robert Ley was a cruise ship of the Nazi Party leisure organization Kraft durch Freude (Strength Through Joy). She was considered the flagship of the KDF fleet.
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KdF ship Robert Ley before its maiden voyage, March 1939 | |
History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Robert Ley |
Namesake | Robert Ley |
Owner | Deutsche Arbeitsfront |
Operator | Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) |
Port of registry | Hamburg, Germany |
Builder | Howaldtswerke Hamburg |
Yard number | 754 |
Laid down | 1 May 1936 |
Launched | 29 March 1938 |
Acquired | 24 March 1939 |
Fate | Requisitioned into the Kriegsmarine on 25 August 1939 |
Nazi Germany | |
Name | Robert Ley / Lazarettschiff B |
Operator | Kriegsmarine (German navy) |
Acquired | 25 August 1939 |
Out of service | March 1945 |
Fate | Bombed at Hamburg 9 March 1945 |
Notes | Used as floating barracks and as a hospital ship |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | 27,288 GRT |
Length | 203.8 m (668 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 24.1 m (79 ft 1 in) |
Height | 20.7 m (67 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 7.56 m (24 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | 8,800 hp (6,600 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
Capacity | 1,510 passengers |
Crew | 435 |
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