''Friedrich Busse'' was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the
Kriegsmarine
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Vorpostenboot
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'', serving as V 211 ''Friedrich Busse'' and V 212 ''Friedrich Busse''. She was scuttled at
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Calvados, France in June 1944.
''Friedrich Busse'' was salvaged in 1945 and used as the British
salvage vessel
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''King Hal'' before returning to service in 1946 as the Danish fishing trawler ''Tórhallur''. She was sold to the Faroe Islands in 1948, then to West Germany in 1952, when she was renamed ''Delphin''. She was sold to Greece in 1958 and was renamed ''Delfini'' in 1962. She ran aground and was wrecked at
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, Morocco in 1972.
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 made by
Bremer Vulkan
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nhp
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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
''Friedrich Busse'' was built as yard number 710 by
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Wesermünde
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. She was launched on 7 November 1934 and completed that month. The
fishing boat registration
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PG 419 was allocated, as were the
Code Letters
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DFCA.
''Friedrich Busse'' was requisitioned by the
Kriegsmarine
The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...
on 16 September 1939 for use as a ''
Vorpostenboot
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''. She was allocated to 2 ''Vorpostenflotille'' as V 211 ''Friedrich Busse''. She was redesignated V 212 ''Friedrich Busse'' on 20 October.
On 6 June 1944, ''Friedrich Busse'' was in port at
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Calvados, France when
Operation Overlord
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started, and was trapped there with V 206 ''Otto Bröhan'' and the motor minesweeper ''R 231'' as their retreat from the port had been cut off. All three vessels were scuttled with explosives on 12 June, with ''Friedrich Busse'' scuttled in the Caen Canal.
''Friedrich Busse'' was refloated in 1945 and repaired, becoming the
salvage vessel
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''King Hal'' under British ownership. She was sold to Denmark in 1946 and returned to service as the fishing trawler ''Tórhallur''. In 1948, she was sold to P/F Trolarafelagid "Tor", Thorshavn, Faroe Islands. Her port of registry was Thorshaven, sailing under the Danish flag. The Code Letters OXUR were allocated. She was assessed at , . On 18 December 1952, ''Torhallur'' was sold to the Hochseefischerei Carl Kämpf, Bremerhaven, West Germany. She was allocated the fishing boat registration BX 372 and the Code Letters DFAL. She was assessed at , . She was sold to Agyris A. Theocharis, Ambelaki, Greece in December 1958 and was renamed ''Delfini'' in 1962. She was re-engined in that year; a diesel engine of 770
ihp
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being fitted. On 18 January 1972, she ran aground on the Oukacha Rocks, off
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...