Several steamships have borne the name ''Donau'', after the German name for the river Danube: * was a 2,896-ton passenger/cargo ship launched on 17 October 1868, by

Caird & Company Caird & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based in Greenock. The company was established in 1828 by John Caird when he received an order to re-engine Clyde paddle-tugs. John's relative James Tennant Caird joined the company ...

Greenock Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...

, Scotland. * was a 1,513-ton cargo ship launched on 18 July 1882, by Thompson, R. in Southwick, England for A.C. Mohr & Son. Sold to Settsu Kogyo in 1896, wrecked off Shanghai in 1908. * was a 2,575-ton cargo ship completed as ''Osterndorf'' for the Vinnen Bros in June 1922, by

Neptun AG Neptun Werft is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Rostock. Since 1997 it has been part of the Meyer Neptun Group together with Meyer Werft in Papenburg. History The company was founded as the "Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik von ...

in Rostock, Germany. Sold in 1925 to SM Vredebest and renamed ''Donau''. Resold to the Hamburg America Line in 1927 and renamed ''Delos''. Sunk in air attack off Tobruk 11 July 1941. * was a 1,927-ton cargo ship launched on 19 December 1922 by the

Flender Werke Flender Werke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Lübeck. It was founded in 1917 as a branch of Brückenbau Flender AG of Benrath on the Rhine. In 1926 it was made a fully independent business and renamed Lübecker Flenderwerke AG. It ...

in Lübeck, Germany, as ''Nicea'' for the Hamburg America Line. Acquired by the

Kriegsmarine The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...

in 1937 and renamed ''Donau''. Sunk in explosion at

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 ...

, Germany on 14 June 1945. * was a 9,026-ton passenger/cargo ship completed in June 1929, by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau in Hamburg, Germany for Norddeutscher Lloyd. Sunk by Norwegian saboteurs in the Oslofjord on 17 January 1945. Scrapped in Bremerhaven in August 1952. * was a 2,931-ton cargo ship completed in March 1939, by

in Rostock, Germany. for

Harald Schuldt & Co KG Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to: Medieval Kings of Denmark * Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986) Kings of Norway * Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933) * Harald Greycloak (died 970) * Harald Hardrad ...

. Torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine on 30 August 1941, while carrying troops from Trondheim to

Kirkenes Kirkenes (; ; Skolt Sami: ''Ǩeârkknjargg;'' fi, Kirkkoniemi; ; russian: Киркенес) is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town ...

in occupied Norway.

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