German trawler V 623 Jupiter

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NameJupiter
Owner
  • Dollart Heringfischerei (1936–39)
  • Kriegsmarine (1939–44)
Port of registry
BuilderSchulte & Bruns, Emden
Yard number108
Launched27 June 1936
Completed28 July 1936
Commissioned9 October 1939
Out of service11 August 1944
Identification
  • Fishing boat registration AE 79 (1937–39)
  • Code Letters DGKF (1937-44)
  • ICS Delta.svg ICS Golf.svg ICS Kilo.svg ICS Foxtrot.svg
  • Pennant Number M 1404 (1939–42)
  • Pennant Number M 4415 (1942–43)
  • Pennant Number V 623 (1944)
FateScuttled
General characteristics
Type
Tonnage267  GRT, 126  NRT
Length35.76 m (117 ft 4 in)
Beam7.49 metres (24 ft 7 in)
Depth3.28 m (10 ft 9 in)
Installed powerDiesel engine, 98nhp
PropulsionSingle screw propeller
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)

Jupiter was a German fishing trawler which was built in 1936. She was requisitoned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was used as a minesweeper under the Pennant numbers M 1404 and M 4415, and later as the Vorpostenboot V 623 Jupiter. She was scuttled in 1944.

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Description

The ship was 35.76 m (117 ft 4 in) long, with a beam of 7.49 metres (24 ft 7 in). She had a depth of 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in). She was assessed at 267  GRT, 126  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 98 nhp. It drove a single screw propeller. [1] It could propel the ship at 11 knots (20 km/h). [2]

History

Almuth was built as yard number 108 by Schulte & Bruns, Emden, Germany. [2] She was launched on 27 June 1936 and completed on 28 July. She was owned by the Dollart Heringfischerei AG, Emden. [3] Her port of registry was Emden. She was allocated the Code Letters DGKF, [1] and the fishing boat registration AE 79. [3]

On 9 October 1939, Jupiter was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine, serving with 14 Minensuchflotille as the minesweeper M 1404. On 22 March 1942, she was reallocated to 44 Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed to M 4415. On 1 January 1943, she was designated as a vorpostenboot . She was allocated to 6 Vorpostenflotille as V 623 Jupiter. [3] On 11 August 1944, she was scuttled at Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France, [4] because she was unmanoeuverable. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jupiter(59685)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Trawlers &c. JUN-JUR (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1938–1939. Retrieved 6 April 2024– via Southampton City Council.
  2. 1 2 Gröner 1993, p. 253.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Gröner 1993, p. 255.
  4. ↑ Rohwer, Jürgen; Hümmelchen, Gerhard. "Seekrieg 1944, August". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 6 April 2024.

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