German trawler V 412 Bremerhaven
{{Short description|German fishing trawler}}
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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=*Ernst Kühling (1927-37)
|Ship namesake=Bremerhaven |Ship owner=*Hochseefischerei Julius Weeting AG (1927–34)
|Ship operator= |Ship registry=*{{flagicon|Weimar Republic|civil}} Bremerhaven, Germany (1927–33)
|Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Schiffswerft von Henry Koch AG |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=270 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=August 1927 |Ship completed=24 September 1927 |Ship commissioned=23 November 1939 |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=25 November 1941 |Ship identification=*Code Letters OVLS (1927–34)
|Ship fate=Torpedoed and sunk |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class |Ship type=*Fishing trawler (1927–39)
|Ship tonnage={{GRT|371}}, {{NRT|139}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|50.78|m|ftin}} |Ship beam={{convert|7.90|m|ftin}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|3.57|m|ftin}} |Ship depth={{convert|4.30|m|ftin}} |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=Triple expansion steam engine, 86nhp |Ship propulsion=Single screw propeller |Ship speed={{convert|11|kn|km/h}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
Bremerhaven was a German fishing trawler that was built in 1929 as Ernst Kühling. She was renamed Bremerhaven in 1937. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War for use as a vorpostenboot, serving as V 412 Bremerhaven. She was torpedoed and sunk in November 1941.
Description
The ship was {{convert|50.78|m|ftin}} long, with a beam of {{convert|7.90|m|ftin}}. She had a depth of {{convert|4.30|m|ftin}} and a draught of {{convert|3.57|m|ftin}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=186}} She was assessed at {{GRT|371}}, {{NRT|139}}. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of {{convert|15+3/4|in|cm|order=flip}}, {{convert|25+9/16|in|cm|order=flip}} and {{convert|41+5/16|in|cm|order=flip|0}} diameter by {{convert|26+3/4|in|cm|order=flip}} stroke. The engine was built by the Ottensener Maschinenbau GmbH, Altona, Germany. It was rated at 86nhp. It drove a single screw propeller,{{cite plimsoll |filename=31a0271.pdf |date=1931–1932 |ship-name=Ernst Kühling |lr-number=07529 |guide=ERN-EST |subtitle=T |access-date=13 December 2022 }} and could propel the ship at {{convert|11|kn|km/h}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=186}}
History
Ernst Kühling was built as yard number 270 by the Schiffswerft von Henry Koch, AG, Lübeck, Germany for the Hochseefischerei Julius Weeting AG, Bremerhaven, Germany. She was launched in August 1927 and completed on 24 September. The fishing boat registration BX 193 was allocated,{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=187}} as were the Code Letters OVLS. On 16 June 1930, her registration was changed to ON 128, then to PG 468 on 4 September 1934. On 10 November, she was placed under the management the Nordsee Deutsche Hochsee Fisherei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=187}} In 1934, her code letters were changed to DNOK.{{cite plimsoll |filename=34a0200.pdf |date=1934–1935 |ship-name=Ernst Kühling |lr-number=59534 |guide=ERN-ESC |subtitle=T |access-date=13 December 2022 }}
Ernst Kühling was renamed Bremerhaven in 1937.{{cite plimsoll |filename=37a0136.pdf |date=1937–1938 |ship-name=Bremerhaven |lr-number=05886 |guide=BRA-BRI |subtitle=T |access-date=13 December 2022 }} She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on 23 November 1939 for use as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated to 4 Vorpostenflotille as V 412 Bremerhaven. She was torpedoed and sunk west of Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, Nord, France by the Royal Navy Motor Torpedo Boat HMMTB 45 on 25 November 1941.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=187}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/41-11.htm |title=Seekrieg 1941, November |access-date=13 December 2022 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}
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:World War II merchant ships of Germany
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine