German minesweeper M 1507 Teutonia

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Name
  • Teutonia (1937–48)
  • Rouget (1948–61)
Owner
  • N. Ebsling (1937–39)
  • Kriegsmarine (1939–45)
  • French government (1945–48)
  • P. Le Garrec (1948–61)
Port of registry
BuilderHowaldtswerke
Yard number763
Launched17 June 1937
Completed23 July 1937
Commissioned28 September 1939
DecommissionedMay 1945
Out of service1961
Identification
  • Code Letters DOSP (1937–45)
  • ICS Delta.svg ICS Oscar.svg ICS Sierra.svg ICS Papa.svg
  • Fishing boat registration BX 258 (1937–39)
  • Pennant Number M 1507 (1939–43)
  • Pennant Number V 214 (1943–44)
  • Pennant Number M 4628 (1944–45)
  • Code Letters PFUD (1948– )
  • ICS Papa.svg ICS Foxtrot.svg ICS Uniform.svg ICS Delta.svg
  • Code Letters FOQR ( –61)
  • ICS Foxtrot.svg ICS Oscar.svg ICS Quebec.svg ICS Romeo.svg
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage487  GRT, 188  NRT
Length53.80 metres (176 ft 6 in)
Beam8.30 metres (27 ft 3 in)
Draught4.10 metres (13 ft 5 in)
Depth4.65 metres (15 ft 3 in)
Installed powerTriple expansion steam engine, 121nhp
PropulsionSingle screw propeller
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)

M 1507 Teutonia was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as an auxiliary minesweeper. Built as Teutonia, she served as M 1507 Teutonia, the vorpostenboot V 204 Teutonia and M 4628 Teutonia. She became the French fishing trawler Rouget post-war and was scrapped in 1961.

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Description

The ship was 53.80 metres (176 ft 6 in) long, with a beam of 8.30 metres (27 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 4.65 metres (15 ft 3 in) and a draught of 4.10 metres (13 ft 5 in). [1] She was assessed at 487  GRT, 188  NRT. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 37 centimetres (14+3⁄4 in), 61 centimetres (24 in) and 97 centimetres (38+3⁄8 in) diameter by 64.9 centimetres (25+9⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was built by Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel, Germany. It was rated at 121nhp. [2]

History

Teutonia was built as yard number 736 by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg, Germany for N. Ebsling, Bremerhaven. [1] [2] She was launched on 17 June 1937 and completed on 23 July. The fishing boat registration BX 258 was allocated, [1] as were the Code Letters DOSP. [2]

On 28 September 1939, Teutonia was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was allocated to 15 Minensuchflotille as M 1507. [1] On 15 April 1940, she was escorting the steamships Bahia Castillo, Dessau and Pernambuco along with the minesweepers M 1501 Gauleiter Burkel, M 1502 Wien, M 1503 Holstein, M 1505 Tirol, M 1506 Ostfriesland, M 1503 Kurmark, the submarine chaser UJ 119 and two R boats when the convoy was attacked off the Oslofjord by the submarine HMS Sterlet. A torpedo fired at Bahia Castillo narrowly missed the ship. [3] In March 1943, 15 Minensuchflotille was disbanded. [4] On 29 April 1943, She was allocated to 2 Vorpostenflotille, becoming the vorpostenboot V 214 Teutonia. On 1 December 1944, she was transferred to 46 Minensuchflotille as M 4628 Teutonia. [1] [5]

Post war, she was seized by France, becoming the merchant fishing trawler Rouget in 1948. [1] She was owned by P. Le Garrec, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. The Code Letters FPUD were allocated. [6] By 1960, she had been sold to Armament Guille Frères, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. Her Code Letters were then FOQR. [7] She was scrapped in 1961. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gröner 1993, p. 183.
  2. 1 2 3 "Teutonia(64898)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Trawlers &c. TET-THE (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1938–1939. Retrieved 8 June 2022– via Southampton City Council.
  3. ↑ "HMS Sterlet (N 22)". Uboat. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Minensuchflottillen 11 - 19" (in German). Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Minensuchflottillen 31 - 46" (in German). Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "94655-664 Lloyd's Register 1948-49". Lloyd's Register, M-Z. London: Lloyd's Register. 1949.
  7. ↑ "ROSWELL VICTORY Lloyd's Register 1960-61". Lloyd's Register. London. 1960.

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