German trawler V 620 Derfflinger
{{Short description|German fishing trawler}}
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|infobox caption= |display title= }} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship image size= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag= |Ship name=*Derfflinger (1939–48)
|Ship namesake= |Ship owner=*Großer Kurfürst Heringfischerei AG (1939)
|Ship operator= |Ship registry=*{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Emden, Germany (1939)
|Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Schulte & Bruns, Emden |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=128 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=16 February 1939 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed=29 March 1939 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=9 October |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=December 1953 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=* Fishing boat registration AE 95 (1939)
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Derfflinger was a German fishing trawler which was built in 1939. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was used as a minesweeper under the pennant numbers M 1401 and M 4412, and later as the Vorpostenboot V 620 Derfflinger. She was seized by the French post war and entered service with the French Navy. Sold in 1948, she became the fishing trawler André Guillaume. She was scrapped in December 1953.
Description
The ship {{convert|119|ft|4|in|m|2|order=flip|abbr=on}} long, with a beam of {{convert|24|ft|7|in|m|2|order=flip}}. She had a depth of {{convert|10|ft|6|in|m|2|order=flip|abbr=on}}. She was assessed at {{GRT|298}}, {{NRT|136}}. She was powered by a diesel engine, which had 8 cylinders of {{convert|11|in|cm|order=flip}} diameter by {{convert|17+11/16|in|cm|order=flip}} stroke. The engine was built by Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Köln, Germany. It was rated at 94 nhp. It drove a single screw propeller.{{cite plimsoll |ship-name=Derfflinger |lr-number=56793 |subtitle=T |guide=DEN-DES |filename=40b0125.pdf |accessdate=25 March 2024 }} It could propel the ship at {{convert|10.5|kn|km/h}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=254}}
History
Derfflinger was built as yard number 128 by Schulte & Bruns, Emden, Germany.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=254}} She was launched on 16 February 1939 and completed on 29 March. She was owned by the Großer Kurfürst Heringfischerei AG, Emden{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=255}} Her port of registry was Emden. She was allocated the Code Letters DGMY, and the fishing boat registration AE 95.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=255}}
On 9 October 1939, Derfflinger was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine, serving with 14 Minensuchflotille as the minesweeper M 1401. On 22 March 1942, she was reallocated to 44 Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed to M 4412. On 1 January 1943, she was designated as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated to 6 Vorpostenflotille as V 620 Derfflinger. In 1945, she was seized by the French and entered service with the French Navy as part of the 28eme Division de Drageurs.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=255}} She was allocated the Pennant Number B 283.
On 4 September 1948,{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=255}} she was sold to the Société de Péche Industrielle, Boulogne,{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/HECROS1952AL/page/n154/mode/1up |journal=Lloyd's Register |title=1951-52 Lloyd's Register AND |publisher=Lloyd's of London |year=1952 |location=London }} and was renamed André Guillaume. The fishing boat B 2487 was allocated. She served until December 1953, when she was scrapped.
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) |year=1993 |publisher=Bernard & Graefe |location=Koblenz |isbn=3-7637-4807-5 |language=de}}
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Category:Fishing vessels of Germany
Category:World War II merchant ships of Germany
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine