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Sperrbrecher 131
1,312 GRT cargo steamship
Rhineland was a 1,312 GRT cargo steamship that Howaldtswerke of Kiel, Germany built in 1938 for Argo Line, Bremen. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1939, and served as VP-101 Schwan, Sperrbrecher 31 and Sperrbrecher 131.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Rhineland was a 1,312 GRT cargo steamship that Howaldtswerke of Kiel, Germany built in 1938 for Argo Line, Bremen. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1939, and served as VP-101 Schwan, Sperrbrecher 31 and Sperrbrecher 131.2
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- WikipediaSS Rhineland
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- WikidataQ28730388
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- 1WikidataSperrbrecher 131 on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaSperrbrecher 131 on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSperrbrecher 131 photo by de:Benutzer:KuK, Public domain