Pretoria

Hospital Ship

Service Data

In Service: 12 December 1936 to

Production Data

Ordered:
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Construction No:
Laid down:
Launched: 16 July 1936
Commissioned: 12 December 1936

Technical Data

Type: Hospital ship / Lazarettschiffe
Class:

Displacement: 20,104 tons
Length: waterline 175.76 m overall
Beam: 22.1 m
Draft: 8.7 m
Propulsion: 2 × B & V turbines 2 × shafts, 2 × boilers producing up to 14200 hp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 18 knots
Range: 11,700 nautical miles at 18 knots
Crew: 259 men and officers
Armament: none
Armour
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Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:

Other: Hospital ships
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History

Career

12 December 1936
The Hospital ship Pretoria is commissioned.

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Sources

German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330

German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X

German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378

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