German trawler V 411 Saarland

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Name
  • A. R. Giese (1934–35)
  • Saarland (1934–44)
Owner
  • Reederei Siebert & Co. (1934–39)
  • Kriegsmarine (1939–44)
Port of registry
BuilderDeschimag Seebeckwerft
Yard number520
Launched27 June 1934
Completed4 August 1934
Commissioned25 September 1939
Out of service26 August 1944
Identification
  • Fishing boat registration PG 416 (1934–39)
  • Code Letters DEWJ
  • ICS Delta.svg ICS Echo.svg ICS Whiskey.svg ICS Juliet.svg
  • Pennant Number V 407 (1939)
  • Pennant Number V 411 (1939–44)
General characteristics
Type
Tonnage435  GRT, 162  NRT
Length51.35 metres (168 ft 6 in)
Beam8.00 metres (26 ft 3 in)
Draught4.65 metres (15 ft 3 in)
Depth3.74 metres (12 ft 3 in)
Installed powerTriple expansion steam engine, 91nhp
PropulsionSingle screw propeller
Speed12 knots (22 km/h)

Saarland was a German fishing trawler that was built as A. R. Giese. Renamed in 1935, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as a Vorpostenboot . She served as V 407 Saarland and V 411 Saarland. She was sunk in the Gironde in 1944 by a boiler explosion.

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Description

The ship was 51.35 metres (168 ft 6 in) long, with a beam of 8.00 metres (26 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 3.74 metres (12 ft 3 in) and a draught of 4.5 metres (14 ft 9 in). [1] She was assessed at 435  GRT, 162  NRT. She 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 centimetres (35+7⁄16 in) diameter by 65 centimetres (25+9⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was made by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde, Germany. It was rated at 91nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller driven via a low pressure turbine, double reduction gearing and a hydraulic coupling. [2] It could propel the ship at 12 knots (22 km/h). [1]

History

The ship was built as yard number 520 by Deschimag Seekbeckwerft, Wesermünde for the Reederei Siebert & Co., Wesermünde. She was launched on 27 June 1934 and completed on 4 August. The fishing boat registration PG 416 was allocated. [3] She was allocated the Code Letters DEWJ. [2] On 22 January 1935, she was renamed Saarland. [1]

Saarland was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on 25 September 1939 for use as a vorpostenboot . She was allocated to 4 Vorpostenflotille as V 407 Saarland. On 16 October she was redesignated V 411 Saarland. [4] On 26 August 1944, she was attacked at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde, France by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. [5] She suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Gironde. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gröner 1993, p. 205.
  2. 1 2 "A. R. Giese(68211)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Trawlers &c. A (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1934–1935. Retrieved 4 December 2022– via Southampton City Council.
  3. ↑ Gröner 1993, pp. 205, 212.
  4. 1 2 Gröner 1993, p. 212.
  5. ↑ Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1944, August". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2015.

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