No.490 General Osorio launched 1929

11,590grt for Hamburg-America Line from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack

Transferred to Hamburg-South America in 1936.

Accommodation ship at Kiel from Apr 1940. Sunk by air attack at Kiel on 24 Jul 1944, raised. Heavily damaged and sunk again by bombing at Kiel 9 Apr 1945, refloated 1946.

Broken up at Inverkeithing, arrived 7 Sep 1947.

Image attribution: Pieter Inpijn, Richard Turnwald collection & Hapag

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