Senator Schröder (ship)

History
Name:
  • Senator Schröder
  • Victoire
  • V 427
  • V 1337
  • V 1419
Owner: Cuxhaven Herring Fishery AG
Builder: Eider Werft AG, Tonning
Launched: February 26, 1908
General characteristics
Length: 38.16 m (125.2 ft)
Beam: 7.05 m (23.1 ft)
Draught: Max. 4.154.15 m (13.6 ft)
Crew: 25

Senator Schröder was a German trawler used as a Vorpostenboot during the First and Second World War.

The ship was hijacked by Hermann Knüfken in 1921 to facilitate Franz Jung, Cläre Jung and Jan Appel attending the Third World Congress of the Communist International in Moscow.

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