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Willkommen - (1887-1914)
Steam Tank Ship "Willkommen".
KRCG - 2896 BRT / 4900 DTW - 95,98 x 11,84 x 9.62 M - 1 Triple Expansion Steam Engine - 1200 IHP,
build by Walssend Slipway & Engineering Co., Ltd., Wallsend. On May 1887 launch.
On 5.11.1887 build by Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Low Walker ( No. 502 ) with no name.
Bought by Wilhelm A. Riedemann & Albert Nicolaus Schütte & Sohn, Geestemunde.
Registered 7.11.1887 as "Willkommen".
30.6.1887 transferred to the Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft, Geestemunde.
On September 1902, Boiler installation renewed by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg.
On 28.4.1906 registered to Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft, Hamburg.
On 1914 taken over by the German Navy, as Bunkership for submarines.
On 30.9.1915 as storagetanker in Libau.
On 12.10.1915 on a voyage from Libau in position 53.47 N and 08.02 E West of Pilau, heavelydamaged in
Russian minefield No. 3 and stranded. 13 killed.