Tannenfels
motor ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Tannenfels
- IMO number
- 5615020
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- motor ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
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- Beam
- 18.7 m
- Year built
- 1938
- Builder
- Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau
- Registered owner
- DDG Hansa
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Tannenfels
MS Tannenfels was a German cargo ship owned by DDG Hansa, put into service in 1938. She served as a blockade runner during World War II. When the war broke out in 1939, Tannenfels was at Kismayo, in Italian Somaliland. She remained there until January 1941, when British troops entered Italian Somaliland. She then sailed for Europe via the Cape of Good Hope, eventually reaching German-occupied France. She was taken over by the Kriegsmarine and commissioned as an auxiliary naval vessel. She was fitted with machine guns and some larger naval guns for self-defense. During the next year and a half, she was employed as a blockade runner, slipping past British patrols to deliver supplies to German armed merchant cruisers at sea. In December 1942 at Bordeaux, she was damaged by limpet mines placed by British commandos (Operation Frankton), and was no longer seaworthy.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tannenfels now?
- Tannenfels 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 Tannenfels?
- Tannenfels is a motor ship, built in 1938 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau.
- Who owns Tannenfels?
- Tannenfels is registered to DDG Hansa. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has Tannenfels been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Tannenfels appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).