SS Oldenburg (1936)

Oldenburg was a cargo ship that was built in 1936 by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg for the Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 35. She was torpedoed and sunk in April 1940.

Description
The ship was 289 ft long, with a beam of 45 ft. She had a depth of 18 ft. She was assessed at,.

She was powered by a four-cylinder compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of 16+9/16 in diameter and two cylinders of 35+7/16 in diameter by 35+7/16 in stroke. The engine was built by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg. It was rated at 304 nhp and drove a screw propeller. It could propel her at 12.5 kn.

History
Oldenburg was built as yard number 158 by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg for the Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampschiffs Rhederei. She was launched on 29 June 1936 and completed in September. Her port of registry was Hamburg and the Code Letters DNBB were allocated.

On 12 October 1939, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine. Allocated the pennant number TS(K)5 and designated Schiff 35, she was allocated to 6 Vorpostengrüppe on 23 December. On 22 January 1940, Oldenburg was placed under the control of the Führer der Sonderverband West. She was used as a Q ship. On 14 April 1940, she was torpedoed and sunk in the Marstrand Fjord off Skagen, Denmark (57.83333°N, 11.25°W) by HMS Sunfish (81S) with the loss of three of her crew.