SS Stettin (1886) explained

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Ship Country:	German Empire
Ship Name:	SS Stettin
Ship Operator:	Norddeutscher Lloyd
Ship Builder:	AG Vulcan Stettin
Ship Launched:	1886
Ship Fate:	Sold to Japan, 1903

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Ship Country:	Japan
Ship Name:	Loong Yue
Ship Operator:	Showa Kosen Gyogyo KK
Ship Registry:	Tokyo
Ship Renamed:	Ryuyu Maru
Ship Fate:	Scapped 1931

Ship Length:	316m (1,037feet)
Ship Beam:	35.4m (116.1feet)
Ship Depth:	24.5m (80.4feet)

The steamship Stettin was a German cargo vessel launched in 1886 built by AG Vulcan Stettin and operated by Norddeutscher Lloyd.^[1]

In March 1899, Stettin assisted the German unprotected cruiser, which had run aground off New Pomerania.^[2]

Stettin was later renamed Loong Yue and then finally was acquired by Showa Kosen Gyogyo KK and rename Ryuyu Maru before ultimately being broken up for scrap in 1931.

References

Book: Hildebrand. Hans H.. Röhr. Albert. Steinmetz. Hans-Otto. 1993. Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe. 2. Ratingen. Mundus Verlag. 978-3-8364-9743-5.

Notes and References

Web site: LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS 1930-31. Plimsoll Ship Data . 18 March 2014.
Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz, p. 194