German trawler V 620 Derfflinger

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History
Name
  • Derfflinger (1939–48)
  • André Guillaume (1948–53)
Owner
  • Großer Kurfürst Heringfischerei AG (1939)
  • Kriegsmarine (1939–45)
  • French Navy (1945–48)
  • Sociètè de Pesche Industrielle (1948–53)
Port of registry
BuilderSchulte & Bruns, Emden
Yard number128
Launched16 February 1939
Completed29 March 1939
Commissioned9 October
Out of serviceDecember 1953
Identification
  • Fishing boat registration AE 95 (1939)
  • Code Letters DGMY (1939-45)
  • ICS Delta.svg ICS Golf.svg ICS Mike.svg ICS Yankee.svg
  • Fishing boat registration AE 95 (1939)
  • Pennant Number M 1401 (1939–42)
  • Pennant Number M 4412 (1942–43)
  • Pennant Number V 620 (1943–45)
  • Pennant Number B 283 (1945–48)
  • Fishing boat registration B 2487 (1948–53)
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Type
Tonnage298  GRT, 136  NRT
Length36.37 m (119 ft 4 in)
Beam7.49 metres (24 ft 7 in)
Depth3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed powerDiesel engine, 94nhp
PropulsionSingle screw propeller
Speed10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)

Derfflinger was a German fishing trawler which was built in 1939. She was requisitoned 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.

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Description

The ship 36.37 m (119 ft 4 in) long, with a beam of 7.49 metres (24 ft 7 in). She had a depth of 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in). She was assessed at 298  GRT, 136  NRT. She was powered by a diesel engine, which had 8 cylinders of 28 centimetres (11 in) diameter by 44.9 centimetres (17+11⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was built by Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Köln, Germany. It was rated at 94 nhp. It drove a single screw propeller. [1] It could propel the ship at 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h). [2]

History

Derfflinger was built as yard number 128 by Schulte & Bruns, Emden, Germany. [2] She was launched on 16 February 1939 and completed on 29 March. She was owned by the Großer Kurfürst Heringfischerei AG, Emden [3] Her port of registry was Emden. She was allocated the Code Letters DGMY, [1] and the fishing boat registration AE 95. [3]

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. [3] She was allocated the Pennant Number B 283. [4]

On 4 September 1948, [3] she was sold to the Société de Péche Industrielle, Boulogne, [4] and was renamed André Guillaume. The fishing boat B 2487 was allocated. She served until December 1953, when she was scrapped.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Derfflinger(56793)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Trawlers &c. DEN-DES (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1940–1941. Retrieved 25 March 2024– via Southampton City Council.
  2. 1 2 Gröner 1993, p. 254.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Gröner 1993, p. 255.
  4. 1 2 "1951-52 Lloyd's Register AND". Lloyd's Register. London: Lloyd's of London. 1952.

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