1932 GERMANY Sinking of the Ship NIOBE Vintage ANTIQUE Silver Medal NGC i98403
Item: i98403 Authentic Medal of. DEN OPFERN VON FEHMARN ZUM GEDENKEN 26.7.1932, Cross over the sea.
STAATSMÜNZE - SILBER 900 FEIN. To train cadets and aspiring NCOs. She sank during a white squall on 26 July 1932, with the loss of 69 lives.Was erected at Gammendorfer Strand on Fehmarn island, within view of the site of the sinking. The height of the main mast was 34.8 m (114 ft 2 in), and she carried 15 sails with 983 square metres (10,580 sq ft) of total sail area. She had an auxiliary diesel engine with 160 shaft horsepower (120 kW).
Her regular crew comprised seven officers and 27 men. Usually 65 cadets would be trained. She was built as a four-masted schooner in 1913 by the Danish shipyard Frederikshavns Værft og Flydedok under her original name. And initially sailed as a freighter for F. Later that year, while carrying mine timber to England, she was taken as a prize by SM.
Following several intermediate phases under various names. After the mythological daughter of Tantalus, and converted her into a three-masted barque to train future officers and non-commissioned officers.
Had been seized by the Allies as war reparations. The first commanding officer of. Was the legendary Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant Commander) Graf Felix von Luckner.
Von Luckner had previously commanded the. Von Luckner, who was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite and the Iron Cross, resigned from the German Navy in 1922. And sank within minutes as due to the hot weather, all hatches and portholes were open. On 18 September 1933 the wreck was ceremonially sunk by the torpedo boat.
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- Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
- Type: Medal
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
- Composition: Silver