SS Stettin (1886)

The steamship Stettin was a German cargo vessel launched in 1886 built by AG Vulcan Stettin and operated by Norddeutscher Lloyd.^[1]

History
German Empire
Name	SS Stettin
Operator	Norddeutscher Lloyd
Builder	AG Vulcan Stettin[1]
Launched	1886[1]
Fate	Sold to Japan, 1903
Japan
Name	Loong Yue
Operator	Showa Kosen Gyogyo KK
Port of registry	Tokyo[1]
Renamed	Ryuyu Maru
Fate	Scapped 1931[1]
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,178 GRT[1]
Length	316.0 m (1,036 ft 9 in)[1]
Beam	35.4 m (116 ft 2 in)[1]
Depth	24.5 m (80 ft 5 in)[1]

In March 1899, Stettin assisted the German unprotected cruiser SMS Cormoran, which had run aground off New Pomerania.^[2]

Stettin was later renamed Loong Yue and then finally was acquired by Showa Kosen Gyogyo KK and rename Ryuyu Maru before ultimately being broken up for scrap in 1931.

Notes

1. "LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS 1930-31" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
2. Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz, p. 194

References

• Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert; Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993). Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe. Vol. 2. Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8364-9743-5.