About: SS Messina

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Messina was a cargo steamship that Neptun Werft of Rostock, Germany built in 1937 for Robert M. Sloman Jr, Hamburg. In 1940 the Kriegsmarine requisitioned her. In 1945 the UK seized her as a war prize, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) who renamed her Empire Cherwell. In 1947 she was transferred to the USSR and renamed Polus (Полюс). She may have survived until the early 1960s. Her name was removed from shipping registers in 1961 and her ultimate fate is unknown.

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dbo:abstract	Die Messina war ein 1937 gebautes deutsches Frachtschiff, das von 1940 bis 1945 von der Kriegsmarine als U-Boot-Tender genutzt wurde. Das Schiff wurde nach Kriegsende zunächst britische Kriegsbeute, wurde dann 1947 an die Sowjetunion übergeben und fuhr dort noch bis 1961 unter dem Namen Poljus (russisch Полюс = Pol). (de) Messina was a cargo steamship that Neptun Werft of Rostock, Germany built in 1937 for Robert M. Sloman Jr, Hamburg. In 1940 the Kriegsmarine requisitioned her. In 1945 the UK seized her as a war prize, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) who renamed her Empire Cherwell. In 1947 she was transferred to the USSR and renamed Polus (Полюс). She may have survived until the early 1960s. Her name was removed from shipping registers in 1961 and her ultimate fate is unknown. (en)
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rdfs:comment	Die Messina war ein 1937 gebautes deutsches Frachtschiff, das von 1940 bis 1945 von der Kriegsmarine als U-Boot-Tender genutzt wurde. Das Schiff wurde nach Kriegsende zunächst britische Kriegsbeute, wurde dann 1947 an die Sowjetunion übergeben und fuhr dort noch bis 1961 unter dem Namen Poljus (russisch Полюс = Pol). (de) Messina was a cargo steamship that Neptun Werft of Rostock, Germany built in 1937 for Robert M. Sloman Jr, Hamburg. In 1940 the Kriegsmarine requisitioned her. In 1945 the UK seized her as a war prize, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) who renamed her Empire Cherwell. In 1947 she was transferred to the USSR and renamed Polus (Полюс). She may have survived until the early 1960s. Her name was removed from shipping registers in 1961 and her ultimate fate is unknown. (en)
rdfs:label	Messina (Schiff, 1937) (de) SS Messina (en)
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