cca 1916 S.M. Dampfer IV (ex Gastein). osztrák magyar raktár- és hadih...

cca 1916 S.M. Dampfer IV (ex Gastein). osztrák magyar raktár- és hadihajó kapitánya és legénysége. Fotólap / The captain and the crew and the ship's dog of Gastein on deck privately produced photo postcard. S.S. Gastein was an Austrian Lloyd passenger and cargo ship built at Arsenal Lloyd and launched in 1909. Before the war she was on the company's Levant run. Displacement: 3,817 tons. Length: 104.9 meters; beam: 13.5 meters. Speed: 12.5 knots S. S. Gastein was requisitioned in July 1914 and renamed S.M. Dampfer IV. She was converted to an unarmed destroyer depot ship for the Second Torpedo Flotilla and stationed in Pola. She was returned to the Austrian Lloyd in 1917, but requisitioned again in April 1918. The following month, S.M. Dampfer IV was lightly armored, outfitted with radio, and armed with two 4.7 cm, cal. 44, guns and one machine gun, and used as a troop transport until the end of the war.