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Minesweeper Flotilla (Kriegsmarine)
Minesweeper flotillas of the Kriegsmarine were Surface flotillas of the Kriegsmarine, administrative units which grouped M-class minesweeper (Germany), German minesweepers together. There were three types of minesweeper flotillas: standard minesweepers, auxiliary minesweepers, and "mine barrage" vessels. Flotilla commanders operated from a Naval regions and districts of the Kriegsmarine, shore office, and were usually commanded by an officer ranked as a ''Korvettenkapitän''. All minesweeper flotillas were under the command of the ''Führer der Minensuchboote'' (Organization of the Kriegsmarine#Minesweepers, Leader of Minesweepers) which, by 1940, had been divided into three separate offices for activities in the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and off the coast of France. When operationally deployed, the minesweepers were under a separate command hierarchy, chain of command under the authority of Harbor_security_commands_of_the_Kriegsmarine#Minesweepers, harbor security commanders.Lott, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2005-0715-510, Kiel, Zu Passagierdampfern Umgebaute M-Boote
The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) (german: Bundesarchiv) are the National Archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952. They are subordinated to the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media (Claudia Roth since 2021) under the German Chancellery, and before 1998, to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany), Federal Ministry of the Interior. On 6 December 2008, the Archives donated 100,000 photos to the public, by making them accessible via Wikimedia Commons. History The federal archive for institutions and authorities in Germany, the first precursor to the present-day Federal Archives, was established in Potsdam, Brandenburg in 1919, a later date than in other European countries. This national archive documented German government dating from the founding of the North German Confederation in 1867. It also included material from the older German Confederation and the Imperial Chamber Court. The oldest documents i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Minesweeper M 1507 Teutonia
''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. 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 Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel, Germany. It was rated at 121nhp. History ''Teutonia'' was built as yard number 736 by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg, Germany for N. Ebsling, Bremerhaven. She was launched on 17 June 1937 and completed on 23 July. The fishing boat registration BX 258 was allocated, as were the Code Letters DOSP. On 28 September 1939, ''Teutonia'' was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sperrbrecher 34
V 104 ''Falke'' was a German-built cargo ship which was converted into an auxiliary warship for the Kriegsmarine as a ''Vorpostenboot'' and then ''Sperrbrecher''. The ship was built as ''Toreador'' and was also known as ''Poldorf'' and ''Düsseldorf''. Description The ship was built from steel. It had a length of , a beam of , and a depth of . It 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 Bremer Vulkan and was rated at 160nhp. The engine drove a single screw propeller, and could propel the ship at . History The ship was built in Bremen-Vegesack by Bremer Vulkan in 1909 as ''Toreador'' for J. D. Stücken, Bremen. t was launched on 31 July. J. D. Stücken operated it until 1916, when it was bought by the Argo Line, Bremen. Renamed ''Düsseldorf'', it was captured off the coast of Norway by the Royal Navy Q-ship between 19 and 24 February 1918 whist on a voyage from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sperrbrecher 32
V 102 ''Cressida'' was a German cargo ship which was converted into a ''Vorpostenboot'' for the Kriegsmarine during World War II. Description Cressida was long, with a beam of and a depth of . The ship was powered by a 4-cylinder compound steam engine which had two cylinders of and two cylinders of diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Christiansen & Meyer, Harburg. It was rated at 160nhp. The ship was assessed at , . History ''Cressida'' was a cargo vessel built in Lübeck in early 1939 as yard number 380 by the shipbuilder Lübecker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft, for A Kirsten, Hamburg, which was its port of registry. The ship was allocated the Code Letters DJZB. On 1 October 1939, the ship was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine as V 102 and was placed in the ''1 Vorpostenflotille''. The ship participated in the German invasion of Denmark in April 1940, escorting the steamer ''Rugard'' and tugs ''Monsun'' and ''Passat'' alongside V 103 ''Sylvia'' and several minesweep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and the Channel Islands (mostly the British Crown Dependencies). It covers . Its population is 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. Large settlements include Rouen, Caen, Le Havre and Cherbourg. The cultural region of Normandy is roughly similar to the historical Duchy of Normandy, which includes small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: ''Îles Anglo-Normandes'') are also historically part of Normandy; they cover and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sperrbrecher 138
''Friedrich Karl'' was a cargo ship which was built by Neptun Werft, Rostock in 1938. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War, serving as the ''vorpostenboot'' V 108 ''Friedrich Karl'' and the sperrbrecher ''Sperrbrecher 138''. She struck a mine and sank off Borkum on 23 December 1942. Description The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth 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 Neptun Werft, Rostock. It was rated at 167nhp and drove a single screw propeller. She had a speed of . History ''Friedrich Karl'' was built in 1938 by Neptun Werft, Rostock for Reederei Wendenhof GmbH, Wismar. The Code Letters DMXL were allocated. During the Second World War, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine to serve as a ''Vorpostenboot''. She was allocated to 1 ''Vorpostenbootflotille'' under the designation V108 ''Friedrich Karl''. She was red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sperrbrecher 133
V 108 ''Porjus'' was a German cargo ship that was converted into a ''Vorpostenboot'' for the Kriegsmarine during World War II. After the war, she returned to civilian service as a cargo ship in Greece, being known by the names ''Alkimini'', ''Vassilakis'' and finally ''Mona''. The ship was wrecked off Cheka on 27 November 1976. Description The ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She was powered by a 4-stroke single cycle single acting diesel engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine had eight cylinders of diameter by stroke. It was rated at 179nhp and was built by Deutsche Werft, Kiel. History ''Porjus'' was built in 1937 by Lübecker Flenderwerke, Lübeck, Germany for the Afrikanische Frucht-Compagnie A.G., Hamburg. She was launched on 24 April. ''Porjus'' was operated under the management of Reederei F. Laeisz GmbH. Her port of registry was Hamburg and the Code Letters DJTM were allocated. On 1 October 1939, she was requsitioned by the Kriegsmarine f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sperrbrecher 36
A ''Sperrbrecher'' (German; informally translated as "pathfinder" but literally meaning "mine barrage breaker"), was a German auxiliary ship of the First World War and the Second World War that served as a type of minesweeper, steaming ahead of other vessels through minefields and detonating them with their reinforced hull. Also used as anti-aircraft ships, the ''Sperrbrecher'' suffered heavy losses in the war. Operational history ''Sperrbrecher'' were used extensively by the Germans in World War I. The Imperial Fleet had a total of thirty ''Sperrbrecher'' for clearing mine streets – eight were lost during the war. Some of these ships were equipped with airplanes, such as ''Rio Negro'', ''Plauen'' or ''Wigbert''. In World War II officially designated as 'Special Purpose Merchant Ships', although termed by the Royal Air Force as "Heavy Flak Ship",Paterson 2004, p. 165. the ''Sperrbrecher'' were converted from merchant ships for their special role, were primarily crewed by merchant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Countries
The term Low Countries, also known as the Low Lands ( nl, de Lage Landen, french: les Pays-Bas, lb, déi Niddereg Lännereien) and historically called the Netherlands ( nl, de Nederlanden), Flanders, or Belgica, is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting of three countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Geographically and historically, the area also includes parts of France and Germany such as the French Flanders and the German regions of East Frisia and Cleves. During the Middle Ages, the Low Countries were divided into numerous semi-independent principalities. Historically, the regions without access to the sea linked themselves politically and economically to those with access to form various unions of ports and hinterland, stretching inland as far as parts of the German Rhineland. Because of this, nowadays not only physically low-altitude areas, but also some hilly or elevated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ship's Tender
A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat, or a larger ship, used to service or support other boats or ships. This is generally done by transporting people or supplies to and from shore or another ship. A second and distinctly different meaning for ''tender'' is small boats carried by larger vessels, to be used either as lifeboats, or as transport to shore, or both. Tenders as smaller craft For a variety of reasons, it is not always advisable to try to tie a ship up at a dock; the weather or the sea might be rough, the time might be short, or the ship too large to fit. In such cases tenders provide the link from ship to shore, and may have a very busy schedule of back-and-forth trips while the ship is in port. On cruise ships, lifeboat tenders do double duty, serving as tenders in day-to-day activities, but fully equipped to act as lifeboats in an emergency. They are generally carried on davits just above the promenade deck, and may at first glance appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Numerals
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, each letter with a fixed integer value, modern style uses only these seven: The use of Roman numerals continued long after the decline of the Roman Empire. From the 14th century on, Roman numerals began to be replaced by Arabic numerals; however, this process was gradual, and the use of Roman numerals persists in some applications to this day. One place they are often seen is on clock faces. For instance, on the clock of Big Ben (designed in 1852), the hours from 1 to 12 are written as: The notations and can be read as "one less than five" (4) and "one less than ten" (9), although there is a tradition favouring representation of "4" as "" on Roman numeral clocks. Other common uses include year numbers on monuments and buildings an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sperrbrecher
A ''Sperrbrecher'' (German; informally translated as "pathfinder" but literally meaning "mine barrage breaker"), was a German auxiliary ship of the First World War and the Second World War that served as a type of minesweeper, steaming ahead of other vessels through minefields and detonating them with their reinforced hull. Also used as anti-aircraft ships, the ''Sperrbrecher'' suffered heavy losses in the war. Operational history ''Sperrbrecher'' were used extensively by the Germans in World War I. The Imperial Fleet had a total of thirty ''Sperrbrecher'' for clearing mine streets – eight were lost during the war. Some of these ships were equipped with airplanes, such as ''Rio Negro'', ''Plauen'' or ''Wigbert''. In World War II officially designated as 'Special Purpose Merchant Ships', although termed by the Royal Air Force as "Heavy Flak Ship",Paterson 2004, p. 165. the ''Sperrbrecher'' were converted from merchant ships for their special role, were primarily crewed by mercha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
