Category:Ubena (ship, 1928)

Q101539177 

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Instance of	ship
Manufacturer	Blohm + Voss
Yard number	482
Country of registry	German Reich
Service entry	1928
Service retirement	1957
Length	141.1 m
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Sources: Miramar Ship Index, Clydemaritime

• 1928-03-31 launched at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, (Yard No 482) and named Ubena, Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie, Hamburg
• 1928-07-31 completed (135.8 m)
• 1934 lengthened (142.9 m)
• 1939 requisitioned by Kriegsmarine (German Navy) as U-boat depot ship
• 1945 in service as hospital ship
• 1945 as war reparations to the United Kingdom, renamed Empire Ken
• 1957-09-20 arrived at W. H. Arnott Young & Co, Dalmuir, for initial breaking
• 1957-11-09 arrived at West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co, Toon, for final breaking
• 1958-01-06 start of final breaking
• 1958-11-27 breaking completed