Saturday, 28 June 2025

German cargo ship Altenfels 1925-1943

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Call sign DOMH. Homeport Bremen, Germany. Owner Deutsche Dampfschiffahrt. Gessellschaft, Hamburg, Germany. Ordered on 1 September 1923. Launched by Vulcanwerke AG, Hamburg with yard number 684 on 6 May 1925, delivered on 8 September 1925 and torpedoed by Norwegian motor torpedo boats MTB 620 and MTB 626 south of Bergen, Norway on 5 June 1943. Gross tonnage 8,132 tons, under deck 7,508 tons, net tonnage 5,041 tons and as dimensions 469.1 x 60.4 x 32.5 feet. 

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