• Thumbnail for Russian rescue ship Kommuna
    was developed by order of the Naval General Staff. The German ship SMS Vulkan (1907) was used as the model. The contract to build the ship was won by...
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    Kiel. In 1911, Valentiner became an officer on the U-boat salvage ship SMSĀ Vulkan. In this job, on 17 January 1911, he saved all 30 men of U-3 by getting...
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  • Thumbnail for USS General G. W. Goethals
    triple-expansion engine; and built in Germany instead of in England. Bremer Vulkan in Bremen-Vegesack built two of the ships: Grunewald and Schwarzwald. Flensburger...
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