German trawler V 201 Seydlitz
{{Short description|German Vorpostenboot of World War II}}
{{other ships|SMS Seydlitz|German cruiser Seydlitz}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship commissioned = 1939 | Ship fate = Sunk in the English Channel off Barfleur by British aircraft on 20 March 1944.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-03.htm|title=Seekrieg 1944, März|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|author-link=Jürgen Rohwer|author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen|work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart|language=de|access-date=3 August 2015}} | Ship honours = | Ship reinstated = | Ship struck = | Ship out of service = | Ship in service = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship acquired = | Ship country = Nazi Germany | Ship launched = 1936 | Ship laid down = | Ship yard number = 570 | Ship builder = Seebeck G. Ag. - Weser Werk Seebeckwerft | Ship owner=*F. A. Pust Hochseefischerei AG (1936–39)
| Ship registry=*{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Wesermünde (1936–39)
| Ship identification=*Code Letters DFCP
| Ship ordered = | Ship namesake = Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz | Ship name = Seydlitz | Ship flag = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Converted trawler | Ship tonnage = {{GRT|449}}, {{NRT|167}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|162|ft|1|in|m|2|order=flip|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|26|ft|4|in|m|2|order=flip|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship depth= {{convert|25|ft|4|in|m|2|order=flip|abbr=on}} | Ship power = {{convert|96|PS|kW ihp|abbr=on}} / 98nhp | Ship propulsion = 1 × 3 cyl. triple expansion steam engine with LP exhaust turbine & DR gearing & hydraulic coupling, single shaft, 1 screw propeller | Ship speed = {{convert|11.9|kn}} | Ship range = | Ship complement = ~27 | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |
Seydlitz was a German trawler built in 1936 which was converted into a Vorpostenboot for the Kriegsmarine during World War II, serving as V 201 Seydlitz and V 211 Seydlitz. She was bombed and sunk off the Channel Islands on 20 March 1944.
Description
Seydlitz was {{convert|162|ft|1|in|m|2|order=flip}} long, with a beam of {{convert|26|ft|4|in|m|2|order=flip}} and a depth of {{convert|12|ft|4|in|m|2|order=flip}}. It was assessed at {{GRT|449}}, {{NRT|167}}. It was powered by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of {{convert|14+3/16|in|cm|order=flip}}, {{convert|21+5/8|in|cm|order=flip}} and {{convert|35+7/16|in|cm|order=flip}} diameter by {{convert|25+9/16|in|cm|order=flip}} stroke. The engine was built by Deschimag, Wesermünde. It was rated at 98nhp,{{cite plimsoll |filename=39a0542.pdf |date=1939–1940 |ship-name=Seydlitz |lr-number=13846 |guide=SEV-SHA |subtitle=T |access-date=4 May 2022 }} giving a speed of {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h}}.
History
In 1936, Seydlitz was constructed as yard number 570 by the German shipbuilder Seebeckwerft AG as a civilian fishing trawler for F. A. Pust Hochseefischerei AG, Wesermünde. The Code Letters DFCP were allocated, as was the fishing boat registration PG 508. On 1 October 1939, the Kriegsmarine requisitioned the vessel and commissioned it as a Vorpostenboot in the 2 Vorpostenflotille under the designation V 201 Seydlitz. The ship was redesignated V 211 Seydlitz on 20 October. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/vboote/vfl1-20.htm|title=Vorpostenboote der deutschen Kriegsmarine 1939-45 |language=German |website=www.wlb-stuttgart.de|access-date=24 January 2020 }}
Seydlitz was sunk by British fighter-bombers on 20 March 1944 in the English Channel between Guernsey, Channel Islands and Barfleur, Manche, France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-03.htm|title=Seekrieg 1944, März|website=www.wlb-stuttgart.de|access-date=23 January 2020 |language= German }} Twenty-seven crew were killed. The wreck now lies where it was sunk approximately {{convert|50|m|ft}} below the surface.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?5101|title=V-211 Seydlitz|website=Wrecksite|access-date=24 January 2020}}
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Category:Fishing vessels of Germany
Category:Steamships of Germany
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine