:German trawler V 206 Otto Bröhan
{{Short description|German trawler turned French ship}}
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|infobox caption= |display title= }} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship image size= |Ship caption= |image alt= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship name=*Otto Bröhan (1937–45)
|Ship owner=*Cranzer Fischdamper AG (1937–39)
|Ship operator=*Cranzer Fischdampfer AG (1937–39)
|Ship registry=*{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Hamburg, Germany (1937–39)
|Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=H. C. Stülcken Sohn |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=723 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=28 December 1937 |Ship completed=8 March 1938 |Ship christened= |Ship commissioned=*6 October 1939 (Kriegsmarine)
|Ship decommissioned=*12 June 1944 (Kriegsmarine)
|Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=8 March 1938 |Ship out of service=1944-48 |Ship identification=*Code Letters DJVI (1937–44)
|Ship fate=Sold for scrap 1960 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship tonnage={{GRT|510}}, {{NRT|189}} |Ship displacement=1050t |Ship length={{convert|55.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|8.44|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|4.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship depth={{convert|4.21|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship armament=*1 x 88mm gun, 1 x 20mm cannon (1939–43)
|Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=Triple expansion steam engine, 135nhp, 540ihp |Ship propulsion=Single screw propeller |Ship speed={{convert|12.5|kn|km/h}} |Ship capacity= |Ship complement=68 (Ingénieur Hydrographe Nicolas) |Ship notes= }} |
Otto Bröhan was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as a Vorpostenboot, serving as V 207 Otto Bröhan and V 206 Otto Bröhan. She was scuttled at Caen, Calvados, France in June 1944. She was raised in March 1945 and converted to a survey ship for the French Navy, renamed Ingénieur Hydrographe Nicolas. She served until 1960 and was then scrapped.
Description
Otto Bröhan was {{convert|55.65|m|ftin}} long, with a beam of {{convert|8.44|m|ftin}}. She had a depth of {{convert|4.21|m|ftin}} and a draught of {{convert|4.90|m|ftin}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=218}} She was assessed at {{GRT|510}}, {{NRT|189}}, 1050t displacement.{{cite plimsoll |filename=39a0461.pdf |date=1939–1940 |ship-name=Otto Bröhan |lr-number=12206 |guide=OTT-OVE |subtitle=C |access-date=24 May 2022 }}{{sfn|Roche|2013}} The ship was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of {{convert|13+3/4|in|cm|order=flip}}, {{convert|21+5/8|in|cm|order=flip}} and {{convert|34+5/8|in|cm|order=flip}} diameter by {{convert|26|in|cm|order=flip}} stroke. The engine was made by H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg, Germany. It was rated at 135nhp and 540ihp. It drove a single screw propeller via a low pressure turbine, double reduction gearing and a hydraulic coupling, and could propel the ship at {{convert|12.5|kn|km/h}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=218}}
History
Otto Bröhan was built in 1937 as yard number 723 by H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg,{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=218}} for Cranzer Fischdampfer AG, Hamburg. She was launched on 28 December.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=221}} The Code Letters DJVI were allocated, as was the Cranz an der Elbe fishing boat registration PC 9.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=221}}{{cite web |title=Fishing Ports and Port Registration Letters |url=http://navalmarinearchive.com/research/fishing_ports.html |website=The Canadian Collection |publisher=Naval Marine Archive |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310080545/http://navalmarinearchive.com/research/fishing_ports.html |archive-date=10 March 2021 |location=Picton, Ontario |date=November 2019}} The trawler was named after Otto Bröhan, a fishing boat captain from Hamburg.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} She entered service on 8 March 1938. On 1 April, her registration was moved to Hamburg as HH9.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=221}} She fished off Norway and Iceland.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
On 6 October 1939, Otto Bröhan was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a vorpostenboot. She was commissioned into 2 Vorpostenflotille as V 207 Otto Bröhan. Her armament consisted of one 88 mm anti-aircraft gun at the bow and one 20 mm cannon aft.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} She was redesignated V 206 Otto Bröhan on 20 October.{{Cite web |title=Vorpostenboote der deutschen Kriegsmarine 1939–45 |url=https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/vboote/vfl1-20.htm |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=www.wlb-stuttgart.de |language=German}} She served in the North Sea, and following the Fall of France she was based at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France and Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. In 1943, Otto Bröhan was rebuilt and her armament was strengthened. She now carried a single 88 mm anti-aircraft gun and five 20 mm cannon. Gunners were provided with armoured shields for protection.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
On 6 June 1944, Otto Bröhan was in port at Caen, Calvados, France when Operation Overlord started, and was trapped there with V 212 Friedrich Busse and the motor minesweeper R 231 as their retreat from the port had been cut off. All three vessels were scuttled with explosives on 12 June, with Otto Bröhan scuttled in the Caen Canal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-06.htm |title=Seekrieg 1944, Juni |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |authorlink=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=German |accessdate=24 May 2022 }}{{sfn|Paterson|2017|pp=288–289}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/download/wardiarygermann581944germ/wardiarygermann581944germ.pdf |title=War Diary, June 1944 |author=German Naval Staff Operations Division |page=243}} Lieutenant Commander Patrick Dalzel-Job was able to recover documents and equipment from the wreck on 10 July with his team from 30 AU (Assault Unit) Commando.{{sfn|Dalzel-Job|1991|loc=Chapter 11}}{{page needed|date=May 2022}}
In March 1945, Otto Bröhan was refloated, given basic repairs at Caen, and laid up in August 1946.{{sfn|Roche|2013}} She was acquired by the French Navy and, between 1947 and 1948, converted to a hydrographic survey vessel at the naval dockyard at Cherbourg, Manche.{{sfn|Roche|2013}} She was commissioned on 1 January 1949 as Ingénieur Hydrographe Nicolas, with the Pennant Number P 664.{{sfn|Roche|2013}} Her armament consisted of two 20 mm cannon.{{sfn|Blackman|1953|p=214}} Her complement was 68 men.{{sfn|Blackman|1953|p=214}} She was based at Toulon, Var and was used for survey and mapping work of French and North African coasts.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} Ingénieur Hydrographe Nicolas was withdrawn from service on 18 July 1960.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} She was sold at Cherbourg that year by the Domaines de l'État, as Q 193, for scrapping.{{sfn|Roche|2013}}
References
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- {{Cite book|first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2013 |edition=2nd |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours|volume=II: 1870–2006|language=fr|trans-title=Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to Today|isbn=978-2-9525917-3-7 |oclc=165892922 |location=France|publisher=}}
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