''Ambria'' was a

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that was built in 1922 by

Deutsche Werft Deutsche Werft (English: German Shipyard) was a shipbuilding company in Finkenwerder Rüschpark, Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1918 by Albert Ballin and with Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH), ''Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft'' ( AEG) and ' ...

, Finkenwerder for

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owners. She was sold in 1934 and renamed ''Gumbinnen''. She was sunk by a British destroyer in 1941, raised and repaired. ''Gumbinnen'' was seized by the Allies in

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

, in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Conleith''. In 1946, she was allocated to the Norwegian Government and renamed ''Dragnes''. She was sold into Norwegian merchant service and renamed ''Mimona''. In 1959, she was sold and renamed ''Malay''. She served until 1961 when she was scrapped.

Description

The ship was built in 1922 as yard number 20 by

, Finkenwerder. The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of . The ship had a GRT of 1,380 and a NRT of 800. She had a deadweight tonnage of 2,081. As built, the ship was propelled by two steam turbines, double reduction geared, driving a single screw propeller. The turbines were built by

Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft AG (AEG; ) was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in Berlin as the ''Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität'' in 1883 by Emil Rathenau. During the World War II, Second W ...

, Berlin.

History

''Ambria'' was built for Hamburg-Amerika Packetfarht AG, Hamburg. The

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RCVQ were allocated. She was launched on 26 August 1922. On 25 August 1926, ''Ambria'' was in collision with the British steamship off the Longships Lighthouse. She was beached at

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, Cornwall. In 1928, she was sold to Deutsche Levant Linie AG,

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

. In 1934 Her Code Letters were changed to DHBA. Also in 1934, ''Ambria'' was sold to Kohlen-Import & Poseidon Schiffahrt AG, Köningsberg and was renamed ''Gumbinnen''. In 1934, ''Gumbinnen'' was re-engined. A compound steam engine with two cylinders of and two cylinders of 27 inches (70 cm) diameter by 27 inches (70 cm) stroke was fitted. The engine was built by F Schichau GmbH, Elbing. It could propel the ship at . In 1940, her port of registry was changed to Nordenham. On 3 March 1941, ''Gumbinnen'' was sunk in

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harbour,

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, Norway, by . She was raised and repaired at Göteborg,

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. In May 1945, ''Gumbinnen'' was seized by the Allies at

. Ownership passed to the MoWT and she was placed under the management of A F Henry & MacGregor Ltd. Her port of registry was changed to London. The Code letters GSMY and United Kingdom

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180713 were allocated. In 1946, ''Empire Conleith'' was allocated to the Norwegian Government and was renamed ''Dragnes''. She was sold to K Andersen & Co in 1947 and renamed ''Mimona''. In 1959, she was sold to T Halvorsen AS and renamed ''Malay''. She served until 1961 when she was scrapped in Grimstad.

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Photo of ''Gumbinnen''
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