German trawler V 622 Almuth
{{Short description|German fishing trawler and vorpostenboot}}
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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=Almuth |Ship namesake= |Ship owner=*Leerer Heringfischerei (1937–39)
|Ship operator= |Ship registry=*{{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Leer, Germany (1939)
|Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Schulte & Bruns, Emden |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=117 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=5 May 1937 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed=8 July 1937 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=11 September 1939 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=5 June 1944 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=* Fishing boat registration AL 39 (1937–39)
|Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Struck a mine and sank |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=*Fishing trawler (1937–39)
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Almuth was a German fishing trawler which was built in 1937. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was used as a minesweeper under the pennant numbers M 1403 and M 4414, and later as the Vorpostenboot V 622 Almuth. She struck a mine and sank in June 1944.
Description
The ship was {{convert|117|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|9|in|m|2|order=flip|abbr=on}}. She was assessed at {{GRT|269}}, {{NRT|120}}. 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=Almuth |lr-number=54748 |subtitle=T |guide=ALM-ALT |filename=38a0083.pdf |accessdate=4 April 2024 }} It could propel the ship at {{convert|11|kn|km/h}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=253}}
History
Almuth was built as yard number 117 by Schulte & Bruns, Emden, Germany.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=253}} She was launched on 5 May 1937 and completed on 8 July. She was owned by the Leerer Heringfischerei AG, Leer.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=255}} Her port of registry was Leer. She was allocated the Code Letters DGLA, and the fishing boat registration AL 36.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=255}}
On 11 September 1939, Almuth was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine, serving with 14 Minensuchflotille as the minesweeper M 1403. On 12 April 1942, she was reallocated to 44 Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed to M 4414. On 1 January 1943, she was designated as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated to 6 Vorpostenflotille as V 622 Almuth.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=255}} On 5 June 1944, she struck a mine off Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France ({{coord|47|06|07|N|2|25|06|W}}). She was taken in tow but consequently sank.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=255}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-06.htm |title=Seekrieg 1944, Juni |access-date=4 April 2024 |last1=Rohwer |first1=Jürgen |author-link1=Jürgen Rohwer |first2=Gerhard |last2=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) |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
Category:Maritime incidents in June 1944