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History
Italy
Name
Ramb III
Builder
Ansaldo, Genoa
Launched
6 March 1938 Banana boat
Commissioned
1940
Reclassified
Convoy escort, 1940
Homeport
Massawa, Eritrea
Fate
Seized by Germany, 9 September 1943
Germany
Name
Kiebitz
Reclassified
Minelayer
Fate
Sunk in Rijeka harbor, November 1944
SFR Yugoslavia
Name
Galeb
Acquired
Refloated, post-war
Decommissioned
1992
Reclassified
Training ship and presidential yacht, 1952
Status
Museum ship
General characteristics
Type
Auxiliary cruiser
Displacement
3,667 long tons (3,726 t)
Speed
18.5 knots (21.3 mph; 34.3 km/h)
Armament
2 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
8 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft guns
The Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb III was built at Genoa by Ansaldo in 1938.
Ramb III was the third of four sister reefer ships all built to the same design. The other ships were the Ramb I, the Ramb II, and the Ramb IV. The four ships were built for the Royal Banana Monopoly Business (Regia Azienda Monopolio Banane). These ships were originally built to be "banana boats", built for transporting refrigerated bananas to Europe from Somaliland and Eritrea in Italian East Africa.
However, in the event of war, the design of Ramb III allowed it to be refitted for commerce raiding. She was 3,667 tons displacement, oil powered and capable of 18½ knots.
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