German trawler V 201 Seydlitz
History | |
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Nazi Germany | |
Name | Seydlitz |
Namesake | Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz |
Builder | Seebeck G. Ag. - Weser Werk Seebeckwerft |
Yard number | 570 |
Launched | 1936 |
Commissioned | 1939 |
Fate | Sunk in the English Channel off Barfleur by British aircraft on 20 March 1944.[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Converted trawler |
Tonnage | 499 GRT |
Length | 55 m (180 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft) |
Height | 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) |
Installed power | 96 PS (71 kW; 95 ihp) |
Propulsion | 1 × 3 cyl. triple expansion steam engine with LP exhaust turbine & DR gearing & hydraulic coupling, single shaft, 1 screw |
Speed | 11.9 knots (22.0 km/h; 13.7 mph) |
Complement | ~27 |
V 201 Seydlitz (later V 211 Seydlitz) was a German trawler built in 1936 which was converted into a Vorpostenboot for the Kriegsmarine during World War II.
History[]
In 1936, Seydlitz was constructed by the German shipbuilder Seebeckwerft A.G. as a civilian fishing trawler. In 1939, the Kriegsmarine requisitioned the vessel and commissioned it as a Vorpostenboot in the 2 Vorpostenflotille.[2] With the rest of the 2 Vorpostenflotille, Seydlitz operated in the North Sea from 1939 to 1940 and in the English Channel from 1940 to 1944.[3]
Seydlitz was sunk by British fighter-bombers on 20 March 1944 in the English Channel near the Channel Islands off Barfleur.[4] Her wreck now lies where it was sunk approximately 50 meters below the surface.[5]
References[]
- ^ Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1944, März". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Lloyd's of London, Lloyd's Register of Shipping". Lloyd's Register: 30. 1939–1940 – via Wrecksite.
- ^ "Vorpostenboote der deutschen Kriegsmarine 1939-45". www.wlb-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Seekrieg 1944, März". www.wlb-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "V-211 Seydlitz". Wrecksite. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
Categories:
- 1936 ships
- Merchant ships of Germany
- Steamships of Germany
- Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine
- Maritime incidents in March 1944