History | |
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Name | Hans Loh |
Owner |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG |
Yard number | 261 |
Launched | 23 November 1936 |
Completed | 7 January 1937 |
Commissioned | 17 September 1939 |
Out of service | 18 August 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Struck a mine and sank |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 464 GRT, 159 NRT |
Length | 55.20 m (181 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) |
Depth | 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine, 9nhp |
Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Hans Loh was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as a Vorpostenboot , serving as V 402 Hans Loh and V 406 Hans Loh. She struck a mine and sank in the Gironde Estuary in August 1944.
Hans Loh was 55.20 metres (181 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 8.00 metres (26 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 4.65 metres (15 ft 3 in) and a draught of 4.15 metres (13 ft 7 in). [1] She was assessed at 464 GRT, 159 NRT. The ship was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 35 centimetres (13+3⁄4 in), 55 centimetres (21+5⁄8 in) and 90.0 centimetres (35+7⁄16 in) diameter by 65 centimetres (25+9⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was built by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Wesermünde, Germany and was rated at 96nhp. It drove a single screw propeller via double reduction gearing and a hydraulic coupling. [2] It could propel the ship at 12 knots (22 km/h). [1]
Hans Loh was built as yard number 565 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Wesermünde. She was launched on 23 November 1936 and completed on 7 January 1937. She was built for Grundmann & Gröschel, Wesermünde. [3] The Code Letters DFCQ were allocated, [2] as was the fishing boat registration PG 506. [4]
On 17 September 1939, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and commissioned with 4 Vorpostenflotille as the Vorpostenboot V 402 Hans Loh. On 16 October 1939, she was redesignated V 406 Hans Loh. On 18 August 1942, she struck a mine and sank in the Gironde Estuary with the loss of eighteen of her crew. The mine had been laid by the French submarine Rubis. [4]
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