German trawler V 404 Baden
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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=*Jakob Goldschmidt (1930–33)
|Ship namesake=*Jakob Goldschmidt, |Ship owner=*Hochseefischerei J. Wieting AG (1930–3439)
|Ship operator=*Owner operated except:
|Ship registry=*{{flagicon|Weimar Republic|civil}} Nordenham Germany (1930–33)
|Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Schiffswerft von Henry Koch AG |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=286 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=June 1930 |Ship completed=July 1930 |Ship christened= |Ship commissioned=21 September 1939 |Ship decommissioned=May 1945 |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification=*Code Letters NKHS (1930–34)
|Ship fate=Scrapped |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=*Fishing trawler (1930–39)
|Ship tonnage={{GRT|321}}, {{NRT|126}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|43.60|m|ftin}} |Ship beam={{convert|7.40|m|ftin}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|3.68|m|ftin}} |Ship depth={{convert|4.28|m|ftin}} |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=Triple expansion steam engine, 73nhp |Ship propulsion=Single screw propeller |Ship speed={{convert|10|kn|km/h}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
V 404 Baden was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War for use as a vorpostenboot. She was built in 1930 as Jakob Goldschmidt and was renamed Baden in 1933. She served as V 214 Baden and V 404 Baden. Scuttled in 1944, she was raised post war and became the French cargo ship Docteur Edmond Papin. Sold to the United Kingdom in 1961, she was scrapped the next year.
Description
The ship was {{convert|43.60|m|ftin}} long, with a beam of {{convert|7.40|m|ftin}}. She had a depth of {{convert|4.28|m|ftin}} and a draught of {{convert|3.28|m|ftin}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=186}} She was assessed at {{GRT|321}}, {{NRT|126}}. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of {{convert|14+5/8|in|cm|order=flip}}, {{convert|22+13/16|in|cm|order=flip}} and {{convert|37+15/16|in|cm|order=flip}} diameter by {{convert|25+9/16|in|cm|order=flip}} stroke. The engine was built by the Ottensener Maschinenbau GmbH, Altona, Germany. It was rated at 73nhp. It drove a single screw propeller,{{cite plimsoll |filename=32a0282.pdf |date=1932–1933 |ship-name=Jakob Goldschmidt |lr-number=84312 |guide=JAC-JAM |subtitle=T |access-date=9 June 2022 }} and could propel the ship at {{convert|10|kn|km/h}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=186}}
History
Jakob Goldschmidt was built as yard number 286 by the Schiffswerft von Henry Koch, AG, Lübeck, Germany for the Hochseefischerei J. Wieting AG, Nordenham, Germany. She was launched in June 1930 and completed the next month. The fishing boat registration ON 145 was allocated, as were the Code Letters NKHS. She was operated under the management of the Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=187}} In April 1933, she was renamed Baden. On 4 September 1930 her fishing boat registration was changed to PG 480 and on 10 November she was sold to her managers.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=187}} During 1934, her Code Letters were changed to DNOV.{{cite plimsoll |filename=34a0097.pdf |date=1934–1935 |ship-name=Baden |lr-number=57337 |guide=B |subtitle=C |access-date=9 June 2022 }} She took part in Festungskriegsübung Swinemünde on 10 June 1937.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=187}}
On 23 September 1939, Baden was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated to 2 Vorpostenflotille as V 214 Baden. On 21 October, she was transferred to 4 Vorpostenflotille as V 404 Baden.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=187}} On 19 February 1943, she attacked and damaged the submarine {{USS|Blackfish|SS-221|6}}, which had sunk V 408 Haltenbank in the Bay of Biscay off Bilbao, Spain.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-02.htm |title=Seekrieg 1943, Februar |access-date=6 December 2022 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }} On 26 August 1944, she was scuttled at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-08.htm|title=Seekrieg 1944, August |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |authorlink=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=German |accessdate=9 June 2022 }}
Baden was raised post-war, repaired and returned to service in 1947 as the French merchant ship Docteur Edmond Papin for the Sociètè Française de Cabotage, Bordeaux. The Code Letters FPUW were allocated.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=187}}{{cite journal |title=DJO-DOC Lloyd's Register 1948-49 |journal=Lloyd's Register, A-L |year=1949 |publisher=Lloyd's Register |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/HECROS1950AL/page/n500/mode/1up }} In 1961, she was sold to the United Kingdom. She was scrapped the next year.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=187}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |last1=Gröner |first1=Erich |title=Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 |volume=8/I: Flußfahrzeuge, Ujäger, Vorpostenboote, Hilfsminensucher, Küstenschutzverbände (Teil 1) |date=1993 |publisher=Bernard & Graefe |location=Koblenz |isbn=3-7637-4807-5 |language=de}}
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Category:Ships built in Lübeck
Category:Fishing vessels of Germany
Category:Steamships of Germany
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine
Category:Maritime incidents in August 1944
Category:Merchant ships of France