''Jan Mayen'' was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the

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for use as a ''

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''. She served as V 406 ''Jan Mayen'' and V 401 ''Jan Mayen''. She was sunk at

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, France in August 1944. Post-war, she was refloated and entered French merchant service as ''Cap Nord''. She was sold to the Netherlands in 1960, serving as ''s'Gravenhage'', then ''Albatros''. Converted to a

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, she was sold to Panama 1974 and renamed ''Laga''. She was renamed ''Felicitas II'' in 1982.

Description

As built, ''Jan Mayen'' was long, with a beam of . She had a depth of and a draught of . She was assessed at , . She was powered by a

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, which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke. The engine was made by Deschimag Seebeckwerft,

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. It was rated at 132

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. The engine powered a single screw propeller driven via a low pressure turbine, double reduction gearing and a hydraulic coupling. It could propel the ship at .

History

The ship was built as

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620 by Deschimag Seekbeckwerft, Wesermünde for the Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG, Wesermünde. She was launched on 29 September 1938 and completed in November. The fishing boat registration PG 500 was allocated. She was allocated the

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DFEH. ''Jan Mayen'' was requisitioned by the

on 23 September 1939 for use as a ''

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''. She was allocated to 4 ''Vorpostenflotille'' as V 406 ''Jan Mayen''. On 16 October she was redesignated V 401 ''Jan Mayen'' On 22 August 1944, she was sunk off

, Basses-Pyrénées, France. ''Jan Mayen'' was refloated post-war, returning to merchant service as the French fishing boat ''Cap Nord'' under the registration F 1025. She was owned by the Société Fécampoise de Peche to Fécamp, Fécamp,

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. She was now assessed at . In 1957, she was rebuilt in

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, Netherlands and fitted with a 6-cylinder diesel engine. She was sold to D. Joh. Krijger,

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, Netherlands in 1960 and renamed ''sGravenhage''. The registration IJM 26 was allocated. In 1966, ownership passed to the Rotterdamsche Hypotheekbank. In 1967, she was sold to the N.V. Reederei v/h Frank Vrolijk,

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and renamed ''Vertrouwen'', with the registration SCH 73. She was renamed ''Albatros'' in 1971 and her registration was changed to SCH 95. She was later converted to a cargo ship. In 1974, she was sold to J. B. Bootsma. He sold ''Albatros'' to Al-Tros S.A., Panama and she was renamed ''Laga''. She was sold to Copania Extre, Panama and renamed ''Felicitas II'' in 1982.

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