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