Thielbek
steamship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Thielbek
- IMO number
- 5216941
- MMSI
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- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- steamship
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 105 m
- Beam
- 14.7 m
- Year built
- 1940
- Builder
- Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Thielbek
Thielbek was a 2,815 GRT cargo steamship that was built in Germany in 1940, sunk in an air raid in 1945, refloated in 1949 and repaired, and was in service until 1974. Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft in Lübeck built the ship in 1940 for the Knöhr and Burchard shipping company of Hamburg. In 1961 Knöhr and Burchard sold the ship to buyers who used the name Magdalene and registered the vessel in Panama. In 1965, the ship was renamed Old Warrior and was scrapped in Yugoslavia in 1974. Thielbek is notable for having been sunk by RAF aircraft on 3 May 1945, killing 2,750 people aboard. The ship was at anchor in the Bay of Lübeck with the passenger ships Cap Arcona and the Deutschland, which were sunk in the same air raid. At the time Cap Arcona and Thielbek were crowded with prisoners from the Neuengamme, Stutthof, and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thielbek now?
- Thielbek has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Thielbek?
- Thielbek is a steamship, built in 1940 by Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft. The vessel is 105 m long with a beam of 14.7 m.
- Has Thielbek been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Thielbek appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).