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ALTENFELS / EASTERN PRINCE / STOLZENFELS / SPERRBRECKER

BUILT IN 1915 BY TECKLENBORG AT GEESTEMUND FOR THE HANSA LINE OF BREMEN AND LAUNCHED AS THE ALTENFELS, BY 1917 SHE WAS COMPLETED BUT LAID UP. SHE WAS CEDED TO GREAT BRITAIN AFTER THE WAR IN 1920 AND THE SHIPPING CONTROLLER PLACED HER UNDER HENDERSON BROTHERS  MANAGEMENT. IN 1921 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE PRINCE LINE, WHO RE-NAMED HER EASTERN PRINCE. IN 1926 SHE WAS PURCHASED BY THE HANSA LINE AND RE-NAMED 'STOLZENFELS'. IN 1929 SHE WAS SECONDED BY THE GERMAN NAVY AND RE-NAMED 'SPERRBRECKER'. IN 1941 WHILE OF THE FRISIAN ISLANDS ( NORTH SEA ) SHE HIT A MINE AND SUNK.