1932, towed to Kiel and inspected while the bodies were buried. On 18 September 1933 the wreck was ceremonially sunk by the torpedo boat Jaguar, attended by much of the then-small German navy. Flags were lowered to half-mast from Flensburg to Konstanz as a public outpouring of grief gripped the nation. The Prussian State Mint issued a Niobe memorial coin to help raise money for a replacement ship, and soon earned 200,000 Reichsmarks towards the effort, and spurred the building of the Gorch Fock in a record 100 days. References Notes Bibliography Sailing ships of Germany Schooners 1913 ships Maritime incidents in 1932 Maritime incidents in 1933 Auxiliary ships of the Reichsmarine Scuttled vessels