12th August 1935

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Postcard depicting the Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, Schnelldampfer 'Roland'. Ref: 12.08.1935

Excursion steamer built at Geestemunde for the Heligoland trade, although she also served other German North Sea resorts. Originally with 2 funnels, she was rebuilt in 1935 with the aft funnel removed. Taken up by the German Navy in August 1939 and converted to a minelayer. On 21st April 1944 she struck a German laid mine in the Gulf Of Finland and sank with the loss of nearly all her 240 crew.

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