German trawler V 107 Botilla Russ
History | |
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Germany | |
Name | SS Botilla Russ |
Builder | Atlas Werke |
Yard number | 166 |
Launched | August 1922 |
History | |
Nazi Germany | |
Name | V 107 |
Commissioned | 1939 |
History | |
Nazi Germany | |
Name | Sperrbrecher 37 |
Commissioned | 1940 |
Fate | Struck a mine and sank off the coast of Nantes on 28 January 1944[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Vorpostenboot (Converted cargo ship) |
Tonnage | 996 grt |
Length | 68.3 m |
Beam | 10.1 m |
Height | 4.2 m |
Installed power | 129 nhp |
Propulsion | 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, single shaft, 1 screw |
Speed | 10.5 knots |
V 107 Botilla Russ was a German cargo ship which was converted into a Vorpostenboot and then a Sperrbrecher for the Kriegsmarine during World War II.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Sperrbrecher-137 (Botilla Russ) [+1944]". Wrecksite. 4 September 2014.
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Categories:
- Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine
- 1922 ships
- European naval ship stubs
- German military stubs