SS Stettin (1886)

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]

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

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References[]

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