HMS Nordland
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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=*Nordland (1922–48)
|Ship owner=*Deutsche Seefischerei (1922–27)
|Ship operator= |Ship registry=*{{flagicon|Weimar Republic|civil}} Cuxhaven Germany (1922–33)
|Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number=543 |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=3 October 1922 |Ship completed=5 December 1922 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship commissioned=*4 September 1939 (Kriegsmarine)
|Ship decommissioned=*4 September 1939 (Kriegsmarine)
|Ship identification=*Fishing boat registration HC 105 (1922–39)
|Ship fate=Scrapped |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=*Fishing boat (1922–39)
|Ship type= |Ship tonnage={{GRT|393}}, {{NRT|152}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|44.52|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|8.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|3.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{convert|4.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=Triple expansion steam engine, 53nhp |Ship propulsion=Single screw propeller |Ship speed={{convert|10|kn|km/h}} |Ship capacity= |Ship crew= |Ship notes= }} |
HMS Nordland was a salvage vessel that was built in 1922 as the German fishing trawler Nordland. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1939 but was returned to merchant service. She was captured by the Royal Navy in 1940 and taken in to service. Sold in 1948, she was used as a sludge carrier under the name Tulipfield. She was scrapped in 1965.
Description
The ship was {{convert|44.52|m|ftin}} long, with a beam of {{convert|8.70|m|ftin}}. She had a depth of {{convert|4.55|m|ftin}} and a draught of {{convert|3.75|m|ftin}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=197}} She was assessed at {{GRT|393}}, {{NRT|152}}. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of {{convert|13|in|cm|order=flip}}, {{convert|20+1/2|in|cm|order=flip}} and {{convert|32+3/16|in|cm|order=flip}} diameter by {{convert|25+3/8|in|cm|order=flip}} stroke. The engine was built by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg, Germany. It was rated at 53nhp,{{cite plimsoll |filename=30a0355.pdf |date=1930–1931 |ship-name=Nordland |lr-number=58927 |guide=NIV-NOR |subtitle=T |access-date=16 November 2022 }} and could propel the ship at {{convert|10|kn|km/h}}.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=197}}
History
Nordland was built in 1922 as yard number 543 by Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschinenfabrik for the Deutsche Seefischerei.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|pp=197, 199}} She was launched on 3 October and completed on 5 December. The fishing boat registration HC 105 was allocated.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=199}} In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to DHRW.{{cite plimsoll |filename=34a0400.pdf |date=1934–1935 |ship-name=Nordland |lr-number=63797 |guide=NOR |subtitle=T |access-date=16 November 2022 }} On 21 March 1937, she was sold to the Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG, Cuxhaven.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=199}} By 1930, the Code Letters RDCG were allocated. On 21 February 1932, Nordland was driven ashore at "Leiknes Gisund", Norway. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the German trawlers {{ship|FV|Hans Wriedt||2}} and Lappland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=23 February 1932 |page=23 |issue=46064 |column=C }}
On 4 September 1939, Nordland was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a vorpostenboot.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=199}} She was allocated to 4 Vorpostenflotille as V 401 Nordland, but was redesignated V 411 Nordland three days later,{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/vboote/vfl1-20.htm |title=Vorpostenflottillen 1939 – 1945 |publisher=Württembergische Landesbibliothek |language=German |access-date=16 November 2022 }} but was released from service.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=199}} She returned to use as a fishing trawler, with the registration PG 105. On 7 April 1940, she was captured by {{HMS|Hostile|H55|6}} off the Lofoten Islands, Norway ({{coord|69|05|N|14|30|E}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4403.html |title=HMS Hostile (H 55) |publisher=Uboat |accessdate=16 November 2022}} Nordland was one of three German trawlers captured about this time, the others being Blankenberg and Friesland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Brilliant Work By The Royal Navy |date=15 April 1940 |page=6 |issue=48590 |column=A-B }} She was commissioned as HMS Nordland,{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=199}} and was used as a salvage vessel.{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/HECROS1949MZ/page/n720/mode/1up |title=TUD-TUL LLOYD'S REGISTER 1948–49 |journal=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |publisher=Lloyd's Register |location=London |year=1949 |access-date=16 November 2022 }}
In 1948,{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=199}} HMS Nordland was sold to the British Wheeler Process Ltd, Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was renamed Tulipfield, and was used as a sludge vessel for oils with a flash point in excess of {{convert|150|F|C}}.{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/HECROS1949MZ/page/n942/mode/1up |title=96374– 388 LLOYD'S REGISTER |journal=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |publisher=Lloyd's Register |location=London |year=1949 |access-date=16 November 2022 }} Her port of registry was Liverpool. The United Kingdom Official Number 167703 and Code Letters MLZR were allocated. British Wheeler Process Ltd. was a company specialising in the cleaning of ships' tanks.{{cite journal |url=http://sotonwss.org.uk/blackjack/Sep03BJ.pdf |title=(photograph) |journal=Black Jack |page=1 |publisher=Southampton Branch, World Ship Society |issue=127 |date=Winter 2003 }} Tulipfield was fitted with three tanks for the carrying of petroleum sludge. She was permitted to sail between British ports only.{{cite journal |url=https://archive.org/details/HECROS1959/page/n2453/mode/1up? |title=TULIPAN LLOYD'S REGISTER 1958–59 |journal=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |publisher=Lloyd's Register |location=London |year=1949 |access-date=16 November 2022 }} She was scrapped in October 1965 by de Smedt, Antwerp, Belgium.{{sfn|Gröner|1993|p=199}}
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}}
External links
- [https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/SHIPS/British-Coastal-and-Short-Sea/DREDGERS/i-P95CcKt Photograph of Tulipfield]
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Category:Ships built in Hamburg
Category:Fishing vessels of Germany
Category:Steamships of Germany
Category:Maritime incidents in 1932
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Kriegsmarine
Category:World War II merchant ships of Germany
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Royal Navy