19th June 1938
S.S. 'Odin'
RPC depicting the salonschnelldampfer S.S. 'Odin' (unaddressed). Featuring special on-board cancellation. Note that the image most likely predates the Nazi regime resulting in the flags being manipulated by the platemaker. Ref: 19.06.1938
Salonschnelldampfer S.S. Odin
From Wikipedia.de
The Odin, built at the Stettiner Oderwerke with shipyard number 526, was put into service in 1902 by the Stettiner Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft JF Braeunlich.
It was used on the Stettin – Saßnitz – Trelleborg line until 1908 , then between Stettin and the seaside resorts of Rügen. The Imperial Navy requisitioned the steamship in 1914 and used it as a mining ship on the Baltic Sea with the designation Auxiliary Scatter Mine Steamer A.
After the First World War, the shipping company initially got its ship back, but had to hand it over to Great Britain on 14th March 1919. However, the ship remained in Stettin and was bought back by the shipping company in 1920. In November 1920, the Odin was launched for the East Prussian naval service as its largest ship. It ran on the Świnoujście – Pillau line.
In September 1939 the Odin was requisitioned by the Navy and assigned to the submarine school in Neustadt in Holstein. She served as a target and security ship, and from 1942 as a tender for the technical training group for front-line submarines (AGRU-Front) in Hela. For reasons that are not clear, the Odin sank on 7th August 1944 during a gunnery training mission in the Bay of Danzig.
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