MV Wotan
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MV Wotan was a 5,703 GRT tanker that was built in 1913 by Reiherstieg Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg, Germany. Requisitioned by the Imperial German Navy in 1914, she served until 1915 as SMS A and was then returned to her owners. Ceded to the United States in 1919, she was operated until 1920 then laid up following an engine failure.
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Builder | Reiherstieg Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik |
Yard number | 447 |
Launched | 1913 |
Completed | August 1913 |
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Fate | Scrapped |
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Class and type | Tanker |
Tonnage | |
Length | 406 ft 4 in (123.85 m) |
Beam | 52 ft 7 in (16.03 m) |
Depth | 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) |
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Propulsion | Screw propeller |
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In 1927, she was sold to Italian owners. Her diesel engine was replaced by a triple expansion steam engine and she was renamed SS Gianna M. In 1941, she was captured by HMS Hilary, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed SS Empire Control. She was sold into merchant service in 1948 and renamed SS Kleinella, serving as a storage hulk at Gibraltar until 1953, when she was scrapped.