SS Vaterland (1940)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named SS Vaterland.

SS *Vaterland*
History

Owner:	Hamburg-Amerika Line
Launched:	1940
Fate:	Destroyed 1943, Scrapped 1948
Status:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage:	41,000 tons
Length:	824 ft (251 m)

The second Vaterland built for the Hamburg-Amerika Line, this 824-foot (251 m), 41,000 ton liner's construction was postponed due to World War II. She was finally launched in 1940, but she was laid up due to workforce and material shortage during the war. Before fitting out could commence, She was destroyed by Allied bombers in 1943. Her wreckage was scrapped in 1948.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1943

Shipwrecks	2 Jul: Hoihow 3 Jul: U-126, U-628 4 Jul: City of Venice 5 Jul: USS Strong, U-535 6 Jul: USS Helena, Erg, Nagatsuki, Niizuki 7 Jul: U-951 8 Jul: U-232, U-514 9 Jul: U-435, U-590 10 Jul: USS Maddox, USS Sentinel 11 Jul: Flutto 12 Jul: HMS California, Duchess of York, U-409, U-506, U-561 13 July: Acciaio, USS Gwin, Jintsū, Timothy Pickering, U-487, U-607 14 Jul: I-179, U-160 15 Jul: U-135, U-509, U-759 16 July: U-67 17 July: Hatsuyuki 19 Jul: U-513 20 Jul: Kiyonami, U-558, Yūgure 21 Jul: U-662 22 Jul: Nisshin 23 Jul: U-527, U-598, U-613 24 Jul: U-459, U-622 25 July: Vaterland, Weissesee 26 July: El Argentino, U-359 27 July: Hamburg, I-168 28 July: Ariake, Mikazuki, U-159, U-404 29 July: Pietro Micca, U-614 30 Jul: U-43, U-375, U-461, U-462, U-504, U-591 31 Jul: U-199 Unknown date: HMS Parthian, U-647

Other incidents	11 Jul: HMS California, Duchess of York 16 Jul: HMS Cleopatra 23 Jul: HMS Newfoundland 29 Jul: USS Tuna

1942 1943 1944 June 1943 August 1943

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