German trawler V 105 Cremon
{{Short description|German Vorpostenboote}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = | Ship flag = | Ship name = Cremon | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik A. G., Hamburg | Ship yard number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 1922 | Ship identification = *Code Letters RDGJ (1922–34)
| Ship registry = *{{flagicon|Weimar Republic|civil}} Cuxhaven, Germany (1922–35)
| Ship owner = *Deutsche Hochsee-fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven (1922–39)
| Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship fate = Struck a mine and sank in the Norwegian Sea off Bergen, Norway on 11 April 1940.{{Cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4004-13APR02.htm|title=Norwegian Campaign, Battles of Narvik, April 1940|website=naval-history.net|access-date=13 February 2020}} | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Converted trawler | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|268}}, {{NRT|104}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|125|ft|8|in|m|2|order=flip|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|24|ft|2|in|m|2|order=flip|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship depth = {{convert|9|ft|6|in|m|2|order=flip|abbr=on}} | Ship power = Triple expansion engine, 54nhp | Ship propulsion = Single screw propeller | Ship speed = {{convert|11|kn}} | Ship range = | Ship complement = ~11 | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |
V 105 Cremon was a German trawler built in 1922 which was converted into a Vorpostenboot for the Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Description
Cremon was {{convert|125|ft|8|in|m|2|order=flip}} long, with a beam of {{convert|24|ft|2|in|m|2|order=flip}} and a depth of {{convert|9|ft|6|in|m|2|order=flip}}. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of {{convert|13|in|cm|order=flip}}, {{convert|23+9/16|in|cm|order=flip}} and {{convert|33+1/2|in|cm|order=flip}} diameter by {{convert|22+5/8|in|cm|order=flip}} stroke. The engine was built by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik A. G., Hamburg, Germany. It was rated at 54nhp, driving a single screw propeller. It could propel the ship at {{convert|11|kn|km/h}}. Cremon was assessed at {{GRT|268}}, {{NRT|104}}.{{cite plimsoll |filename=30a0270.pdf |date=1930–1931 |ship-name=Cremon |lr-number=57158 |guide=CRE-CYG |subtitle=C |access-date=9 April 2022 }}
History
Cremon was a fishing trawler built by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik A.G., Hamburg in 1922 for the Deutsche Hochsee-fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven. Her port of registry was Cuxhaven and the Code Letters RDGJ were allocated. In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to DHEM.{{cite plimsoll |filename=35a0170.pdf |date=1935–1936 |ship-name=Cremon |lr-number=07227 |guide=CRA-CRE |subtitle=NVM |access-date=9 April 2022 }}
Cremon was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on 1 October 1939.{{Cite web |last=Rohwer |first=Jurgen |last2=Hümmelchen |first2=Gerhard |date=20 June 2019 |title=Vorpostenflottillen 1939 – 1945 |url=https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/vboote/vfl1-20.htm |access-date=9 April 2022 |website=Seekrieg: Timeline of the Naval War 1939–1945 |publisher=Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte |language=de |via=Württembergische Landesbibliothek}} She served as an auxiliary patrol boat during the early years of World War II in the 1 Vorpostenflotille, specifically serving off Norway immediately after the German invasion there. During the invasion, Norwegian minelayers frantically mined the harbors that German ships would soon occupy. One of these minelayers, {{HNoMS|Tyr|1887|6}}, laid over twenty mines between Lerøy Island and Sotra and around Vatlestraumen. Since no minesweepers were available in the area, the two support vessels {{ship|German trawler|Schiff 9||2}} and Cremon were outfitted in mine clearing gear and sent to clear the area of mines. Schiff 9 struck a mine and sank in less than two minutes, and when Cremon moved to rescue survivors she too struck a mine and exploded. Around six of her crew were killed, five survived.{{Cite book|last=Paterson |first=Lawrence|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1019871607|title=Hitler's forgotten flotillas : Kriegsmarine security forces|isbn=978-1-4738-8240-9|location=Barnsley|oclc=1019871607}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4004-13APR02.htm|title=Norwegian Campaign, Battles of Narvik, April 1940|website=naval-history.net|access-date=13 February 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?213724|title=Cremon FV (1929~1939) V-105 (Cremon) (+1940)|website=Wrecksite|access-date=13 February 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
References
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Category:Ships built in Hamburg
Category:Fishing vessels of Germany
Category:Steamships of Germany
Category:World War II merchant ships of Germany