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Vorpostenboote
''Vorpostenboot'' (plural ''Vorpostenboote''), also referred to as VP-Boats, flakships or outpost boats, were German patrol boats which served during both World Wars. They were used around coastal areas and in coastal operations, and were tasked with – among other things – coastal patrol, ship escort, and naval combat. Characteristics Armament ''Vorpostenboote'' typically carried one or two medium-calibre guns (e.g. 88 mm), many light automatic anti-aircraft guns (20–40 mm), and a varying number of machine guns. For anti-submarine warfare they were also fitted with depth charges. They were crewed by sixty to seventy men, most of whom were weapons personnel taken from the naval reserve. While ''Vorpostenboote'' were able to engage and defeat light naval forces – such as small motor gun boats – they were not powerful enough to effectively combat destroyers or larger warships. Some ''Vorpostenboote'' (and submarine chasers) were given heavier AA guns and re-rat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Trawler V 209 Carl Röver
''Carl Röver'' was a German fishing trawler which was requistioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as a ''vorpostenboot'', serving as V 209 ''Carl Röver'' and V 203 ''Carl Röver''. Severely damaged in the war, she was repaired post-war and re-engined. She served as the fishing trawler ''Essen'' and was later converted to a cargo ship. She served as ''Hans Peter'', ''Handsome'', ''Handsome I'', ''Walid'' and ''Samir'' under the flags of West Germany, the United Kingdom, Panama and the Lebanon. She was lost in 1985. Description The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was made by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde. It was rated at 112nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller driven via a geared low pressure turbine. It could propel the ship at . She was assessed at , . History The ship was built as yar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Trawler V 209 Gauleiter Telschow
''Gauleiter Telschow'' was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as a ''Vorpostenboot'', serving as V 206 ''Gauleiter Telschow'' and V 209 ''Gauleiter Telschow''. She was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Heligoland, Germany by on 20 November 1939. Description ''Gauleiter Telschow'' was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She was assessed at , . The ship was powered by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Deschimag Seebeck, Wesermünde and was rated at 96 nominal horsepower. It drove a single screw propeller via a low-pressure turbine, double reduction gearing and a hydraulic coupling. History ''Gauleiter Telschow'' was built as yard number 265 by Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, Wesermünde, Germany. She was launched on 25 September 1937 and completed on 17 December. She was built for Hussmann & Hahn, Cuxhaven. The Code Letters DU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Trawler V 301 Weser
''Weser'' was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned in the Second World War by the Kriegsmarine for use as a ''vorpostenboot''. She was sunk in November 1939 but was raised, repaired and returned to service. She was returned to her owners in 1941 and served until 1962, when she was scrapped. Description The ship was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was assessed at , . She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde, Germany. It was rated at 132nhp. It drove a single screw propeller via a low pressure turbine, double reduction gearing and a hydraulic coupling. It could propel the ship at . History ''Weser'' was built as yard number 616 by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde for the Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG, Bremerhaven, Germany. She was launched in September 1938 and completed on 14 October. The fishing boat regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Trawler V 804 Skolpenbank
V 804 ''Skolpenbank'' was a German fishing trawler which was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for service as a ''Vorpostenboot'' during World War II. History ''Skolpenbank'' was built in Bremen by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau in 1930. It was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1939. ''Skolpenbank'' was listed as missing on 18 October while patrolling in poor weather near a mined area north of Schiermonnikoog in the North Sea. While the area was checked once the weather was cleared and no deliberately laid mines were found, it is possible the ship was sunk by a "drifter" which had broken loose and floated away due to the poor weather. It is also possible that the ''Skolpenbank'' simply succumbed to the bad weather, though this is unlikely because the ship was designed to operate in the North Sea. The sinking of ''Skolpenbank'' and the uncertainty regarding the location and condition of its wreck led the ''Seekriegsleitung The ''Seekriegsleitung'' or SKL (Maritime Warfar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrol Boats
A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and they generally range in size. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, police, or customs, and may be intended for marine ("blue water"), estuarine ("green water"), or river ("brown water") environments. Per their name, patrol boats are primarily used to patrol a country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), but they may also be used in other roles, such as anti-smuggling, anti-piracy, fishery patrols, immigration law enforcement, or search and rescue. Depending on the size, organization, and capabilities of a nation's armed forces, the importance of patrol boats may range from minor support vessels that are part of a coast guard, to flagships that make up a majority of a navy's fleet. Their small size and relatively low cost make them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion Of Poland
The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact. The Soviets invaded Poland on 17 September. The campaign ended on 6 October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland under the terms of the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty. The invasion is also known in Poland as the September campaign ( pl, kampania wrześniowa) or 1939 defensive war ( pl, wojna obronna 1939 roku, links=no) and known in Germany as the Poland campaign (german: Überfall auf Polen, Polenfeldzug). German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west the morning after the Gleiwitz incident. Slovak military forces ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heligoland Bight
The Heligoland Bight, also known as Helgoland Bight, (german: Helgoländer Bucht) is a bay which forms the southern part of the German Bight, itself a bay of the North Sea, located at the mouth of the Elbe river. The Heligoland Bight extends from the mouth of the Elbe to the islands of Heligoland and lies between the East Frisian island of Wangerooge and the North Frisian peninsula of Eiderstedt. Named after Heligoland, it was the location of World War I naval battles in 1914 and 1917. In 1939 it also had a World War II aerial battle named after it. In the Heligoland Basin (''Helgoländer Becken''), a basin lying directly southwest of Heligoland, the bight is up to deep. One of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, from Hamburg and the mouth of the Elbe to the Straits of Dover and the English Channel, runs through the Heligoland Bight. The area also includes nature reserves such as the ''Heligoland Felssockel'' and the protected Wadden Sea, in which the Wadden Sea Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Sturgeon (73S)
HMS ''Sturgeon'' was an S-class submarine that entered service with the Royal Navy in 1932. Ordered in 1930, she was laid down at Chatham Dockyard in January 1931 and launched on 8 January 1932. Commissioned on 27 February 1933, ''Sturgeon'' was assigned to the 2nd Submarine Flotilla. At the start of World War II, ''Sturgeon'' conducted patrols in the North Sea. On 6 September, she was mistakenly bombed by British aircraft. On her second patrol, she fired three torpedoes at an unidentified submarine, which was in fact her sister ship , but the torpedoes missed. On her third patrol, she missed the German U-boat and was damaged after hitting the bottom, requiring repairs. On 20 November, she sank the German armed trawler with torpedoes. The sinking was the first successful attack by a British submarine of the war, and was a morale boost for British submariners. During her next patrols in the North Sea, ''Sturgeon'' sighted and sank several ships, including the German troop t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude. A marginal sea of the Atlantic, with limited water exchange between the two water bodies, the Baltic Sea drains through the Danish Straits into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, Great Belt and Little Belt. It includes the Gulf of Bothnia, the Bay of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga and the Bay of Gdańsk. The " Baltic Proper" is bordered on its northern edge, at latitude 60°N, by Åland and the Gulf of Bothnia, on its northeastern edge by the Gulf of Finland, on its eastern edge by the Gulf of Riga, and in the west by the Swedish part of the southern Scandinavian Peninsula. The Baltic Sea is connected by artificial waterways to the White Sea via the White Sea–Baltic Canal and to the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seekriegsleitung
The ''Seekriegsleitung'' or SKL (Maritime Warfare Command) was a higher command staff section of the Kaiserliche Marine and the Kriegsmarine of Germany during the World Wars. World War I The SKL was established on August 27, 1918, on the initiative of Admiral Reinhard Scheer, who became its first commander, simultaneously to being the Chief of the German Imperial Admiralty Staff. It led the planning and execution of naval combat and directed the distribution of naval forces. Up to this point, that was done by several staffs and the individual theater commanders; including the Supreme Army Command under General Erich Ludendorff, whose decisions led to the unrestricted submarine warfare and the entrance of the United States into the war. When the war ended, the SKL was absorbed into the admiralty. World War II The SKL was reestablished in 1937 and deeply linked in the Naval High Command, the Commander-in-Chief also being the commander of the SKL with the Commander of the Naval Comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Trawler V 701 Este
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