German trawler V 421 Rauzan
{{Redirect|Earl Hereford|the earldom|Earl of Hereford}}
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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=*Earl Hereford (1906–17)
|Ship namesake= |Ship owner=*Earl Steam Fishing Co. (1906–12)
|Ship operator=*Owner operated except:-
|Ship registry=*{{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Grimsby, United Kingdom (1906–12)
|Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=110 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=10 April 1906 |Ship completed=June 1906 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship commissioned=*1917 (French Navy)
|Ship decommissioned=*1919 (French Navy)
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|Ship fate=Lost 4 June 1944 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=*Fishing trawler (1906–17, 1919–42)
|Ship type= |Ship tonnage={{GRT|259}}, {{NRT|111}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|128|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|22|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|3.53|m|ftin|order=flip|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{convert|3.89|m|ftin|order=flip|abbr=on}} |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=Triple expansion steam engine, 60nhp |Ship propulsion=Single screw propeller |Ship speed={{convert|9|kn|km/h}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
Rauzan was built as the British fishing trawler Earl Hereford. Sold to the Faroe Islands in 1912, she was purchased by the French Navy in 1917, serving as the patrol boat Guénon. She was sold in 1919 and was renamed Pen-er-Vro. Renamed Rauzan by 1930, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War for use as a vorpostenboot, serving as V 421 Rauzan. She was sunk in June 1944.
Description
The ship was {{convert|128|ft|4|in|m|2}} long, with a beam of {{convert|22|ft|0|in|m|2}}.{{cite web |url=http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=215153&vessel=EARL+HEREFORD |title=Earl Hereford |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=20 December 2022}} She had a depth of {{convert|3.53|m|ftin|order=flip}}, and a draught of {{convert|3.89|m|ftin|order=flip}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=324}} She was assessed at {{GRT|259}}, {{NRT|111}}. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of {{convert|12+1/2|in|cm|order=flip}}, {{convert|22|in|cm|order=flip}} and {{convert|35|in|cm|order=flip}} diameter by {{convert|24|in|cm|order=flip}} stroke. The engine was made by C. D. Holmes & Son Ltd., Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It was rated at 71nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller. It could propel the ship at {{convert|9|kn|km/h}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=324}}
History
Earl Hereford was built as yard number 110 by Cook, Welton and Gemmell, Beverley, Yorkshire for the Earl Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was launched on 10 April 1906 and completed in June. The fishing boat registration GY 147 and United Kingdom Official Number 123569 were allocated. The Code Letters HGMQ were allocated and she was operated under the management of A. L. Black.{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/HECROS1908ST/page/n311/mode/1up |title=EAG-EAR Lloyd's Register Navires a Vapeur 1907-08 |journal=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |year=1907 |publisher=Lloyd's List |location=London }} In December 1912, she was sold to Christian M. Eversen, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands. The Code Letters KBWC were allocated.{{cite book|url=http://www.sbib.dk/files/bibliotek/skibslister/1915.pdf |title=Danmarks Skibsliste 1915 |year=1915 |language=Danish |publisher=Ministeriet for Handel og Søfart |location=Copenhagen |page=XXXII }} In 1917, Earl Hereford was purchased by the French Navy for use as an auxiliary patrol vessel. She was renamed Guénon.
In 1919, she was sold to F. Evan, Lorient, Morbihan and was renamed Pen-er-Vro. The fishing boat registration L 1965 was allocated,{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=324}} as were the Code Letters OQHY.{{cite plimsoll |filename=31a0360.pdf |date=1931–1932 |ship-name=Rauzan |lr-number=09370 |guide=RAP-REF |subtitle=C |access-date=20 December 2022 }} She had been renamed Rauzan by 1930.{{cite plimsoll |filename=30a0373.pdf |date=1930–1931 |ship-name=Rauzan |lr-number=59279 |guide=RAS-REF |subtitle=T |access-date=20 December 2022 }} In 1933, she was sold to L. Ballas, Lorient. Her Code Letters were changed to FOXA in 1934.{{cite plimsoll |filename=34a0452.pdf |date=1934–1935 |ship-name=Rauzan |lr-number=64905 |guide=RAR-RAY |subtitle=T |access-date=20 December 2022 }}
On 20 May 1942, Rauzan was seized by the Kriegsmarine. On 1 October, she was commissioned as a vorpostenboot and allocated to 4 Vorpostenflotille, serving as V 421 Rauzan. {{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=326}} She was lost on 4 June 1944, during Operation Neptune. 4 Vorpostenflotille was operating out of Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France on that day. Its orders were to carry out a reconnaissance patrol from Boulogne in a westerly direction.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/download/wardiarygermann581944germ/wardiarygermann581944germ.pdf |title=War Diary, June 1944 |author=German Naval Staff Operations Division |publisher=Naval History Division |location=Washington, D.C. |year=1958 |accessdate=20 December 2022 |page=90 }} V 421 Rauzan was decommissioned on 22 August 1944.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=326}}
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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