''I.P. Suhr'' was a cargo ship that was built in 1926 by Ostseewerft AG, Stettin as ''Siegmund'' for German owners. After a sale in 1929 she was renamed ''Thielbek''. A further sale in 1939 saw her renamed ''Ingrid Traber''. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945, passed to the

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(MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Condover''. In 1946, she was passed to the

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and renamed ''Fornes''. She was sold into merchant service in 1948 and renamed ''I.P. Suhr'', serving until December 1950 when she capsized and sank.

Description

The ship was launched on 18 Dezember 1926 at Ostseewerft AG, Stettin, completed in March 1927 and put into service on 21 March 1927.Luftwaffe zur See, Ingrid Traber
/ref> The ship was long, with a beam of a depth of . She had a GRT of 1,883. and a NRT of 1,084. The ship was propelled by a

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which had two cylinders of and two cylinders of diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Ostsee Werft.

History

''Siegmund'' was built for Emil R. Retzlaff, Stettin. She was sold in 1929 to Knohr & Burchard,

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and renamed ''Thielbek''. The Code Letters JBNG were allocated. On 9 December 1934, ''Thielbek'' ran aground at Befanaes, Denmark. She was later refloated and arrived at

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, Germany on 16 December. In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to DHXP. In 1939, she was sold to Traber & Co, Hamburg and renamed ''Ingrid Traber''. This change was not recorded by Lloyds Register, she continued to be listed as ''Thielbek''. ''Ingrid Traber'' was a member of a

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which departed Hamburg on 6 March 1942 bound for Norway. On 1 May 1945, ''Ingrid Traber'' was in collision with the Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft steamship . In May 1945, ''Ingrid Traber'' was seized by the Allies. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed ''Empire Condover''. Her port of registry was changed to

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. The United Kingdom Official Number 180720 and Code Letters GMWZ were allocated. She was placed under the management of E R Newbigin Ltd. In 1946, she was allocated to the Norwegian Government and renamed ''Fornes''. In 1948, she was sold to

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et Det Danske Kulkompagni and renamed ''I.P. Suhr''. Her port of registry was Kobenhavn and the Code Letters OYFJ were allocated. She was placed under the management of A Møller and N Westergaard. ''I.P. Suhr'' was recorded as , , 2,820 DWT. On 1 December 1950, ''I.P. Suhr'' was on a voyage from Gdańsk,

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to Aarhus,

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when she capsized and sank off Sandhammaren, Sweden with the loss of 20 of her 21 crew. The wreck was blown up in 1952 and salvaged as scrap.

References

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