# SS Saar

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Not to be confused with [German submarine tender Saar](/source/German_submarine_tender_Saar).

***Saar*** was a [cargo ship](/source/Cargo_ship) that was built in 1937 by [Stettiner Oderwerke](/source/Stettiner_Oderwerke) [AG](/source/Aktiengesellschaft), [Stettin](/source/Stettin) for German owners. She was seized by the [Allies](/source/Allies_of_World_War_II) at [Kolding](/source/Kolding), Denmark in May 1945, passed to the [Ministry of War Transport](/source/Ministry_of_War_Transport) (MoWT) and renamed ***Empire Congleton***. In 1946, she was passed to the Soviet Union and renamed *Donetz* (Донец).

## Description

The ship was built in 1937 by Stettiner Oderwerke AG, Stettin.[1]

The ship was 208 feet 9 inches (63.63 m) long, with a beam of 32 feet 5 inches (9.88 m) a depth of 17 feet 2 inches (5.23 m). She had a GRT of 1,026 and a NRT of 560.[2]

The ship was propelled by a [compound steam engine](/source/Compound_steam_engine) which had two cylinders of 13+2⁄8 inches (34 cm) and two cylinders of 28+3⁄4 inches (73 cm) diameter by 28+3⁄4 inches (73 cm) stroke.[2] The engine was built by Ottensener Maschinenbau [GmbH](/source/GmbH), [Altona](/source/Altona,_Hamburg).[3]

## History

*Saar* was built for R C Gribel.[1] Her port of registry was Stettin and she used the [Code Letters](/source/Code_Letters) DAYW.[2] In February 1945, *Saar* was one of the ship involved in the [transportation of refugees](/source/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944%E2%80%931950)) from [Pillau](/source/Pillau), [East Prussia](/source/East_Prussia) to [Swinemünde](/source/Swinem%C3%BCnde), Germany.[4] In May 1945, *Saar* was seized by the Allies at Kolding, Denmark. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed *Empire Congleton*.[1] Her port of registry was changed to [London](/source/London). She was allocated the Code Letters GNML and the United Kingdom Official Number 180703.[3] In 1946 she was passed to the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) and renamed *Donetz*.[1]

## References

1. Mitchell, W.H. & Sawyer, L.A. (1995). *The Empire Ships*. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.

1. ["Lloyd's Register, Steamers & Motorships"](https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/38/38b0764.pdf). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

1. ["LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS"](https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/45/45a1191.pdf). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

1. Geede, Ruth (11 December 1999). ["Die Ostpreußische Familie"](http://www.webarchiv-server.de/pin/archiv99/4999o03.htm) (in German). Das Ostpreußenblatt. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

## External links

- [Photo of *Donetz*](http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20D/slides/Donetz-01.html)

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