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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

CONVERTED MERCHANT SHIPS

guard ships and minesweepers of WW II

UJ2106 1943

M3802 1943

V1209 1939

V722 1943

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT (disp., t)

Dimensions, m

(length pp)

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Captured guard ships
Lago Zuai UJ2220 1940 // 9.1943 Tosi, Taranto, Italy (1700) 64.8x9.8x4.4 15 2 diesels, 1600 1 x 1 - 100/47, 4 - 20, 2 DCT scuttled 23.4.1945
Captured coastal cargo vessels
Jaan, 6.1943- Wachschiff 9 1920 // 6.1943 Cumberland SB, UK 1142 58.9x11.9x5.9   sails   scuttled 2.5.1945

100 - 1000 BRT

Captured guard ships

Armin NO30 (ex-Farm) (1900, 424 t, 7.1940 - 5.1945); De Mok I, 11.1941 - HS90, 8.1942 - FO21, 8.1942 - V1201, 1944 - Vs1201 (1939, 186 t, 11.1941 - 5.1945); Korgialenios, 6.1943 - UJ2110 (1916, 380 t, 6.1943 - 26.10.1944); Paralos, 12.1942 - UJ2103 (1925, 395 t, 12.1942 - 16.1.1943); Strymon, 7.1941 - 12V1, 1.1942 - UJ2101 (1917, 325 t, 7.1941 - 1.6.1944); Tenedos, 11.1943 - UJ2106 (1906, 460 t, 11.1943 - 21.6.1944); Tramaglio (ex-Mario Sonzini), 9.1943 - UJ2111 (1924, 667 t, 9.1943 - 7.10.1943)

Coastal passenger ships:

Bergen, 11.1940 - Wachschiff 14, 7.1942 - DK05, 1.1944 - Vs84 (1906, 728, 11.1940 - 5.1945); Frisia IV, 8.1942 - M4245, 4.1944 - M4465 (1906, 248, 8.1942 - 22.8.1944); Frisia VIII, 7.1942 - M4246 (1902, 220, 7.1942 - 6.10.1944); Frisia IX, 4.1943 - DB33 (1892, 220, 4.1943 - 8.1943); Hertha, 8.1939 - H305, 2.1944 - Vs1016 (1892, 108, 8.1939 - 5.1945); Victoria, 8.1942 - M3801 (1891, 274, 8.1942 - 14.6.1944); Westfalen, 10.1942 - M3802 (1907, 354, 10.1942 - 14.6.1944)

Captured coastal passenger ships

Adler (ex-Nauma), 5.1940 - NT13, 7.1941 - ND13 (1890, 219, 5.1940 - 5.1945); Agnete, 2.1944 - Vs1017 (1911, 148, 2.1944 - 5.1945); Asa-Thor, 7.1942 - JBe03, 1.1944 - Vs403 (1896, 143, 7.1942 - 5.1945); Biene NB15 (ex-Alversund) (1926, 178, 12.1940 - 5.1945); Bisam (ex-Øygar), 4.1940 - NB07, 6.1944 - V5507 (1908, 128, 4.1940 - 5.1945); Bussard (ex-Fosen), 7.1940 - NT14, 7.1941 - ND14, 5.1944 - ND30 (1906, 273, 7.1940 - 5.1945); Cäcilie (ex-Capri), 10.1943 - GA30 (1908, 154, 10.1943 - ?); Ebe, 10.1943 - IV57 (1917, 100, 10.1943 - 8.3.1944); Ermelo, 3.1943 - HA03 (1927, , 3.1943 - ?); Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde, 5.1941 - NSa01, 9.1944 - V6601 (1937, 199, 5.1941 - 5.1945); Gelderland, 5.1943 - HA02 (, , 5.1943 - ?); Giorgio Orsini, 9.1943 - GA... (1931, 220, 9.1943 - ?); Grado, 9.1943 - G103 (1914, 176, 9.1943 - 5.1945); Jadera, 9.1943 - NA02, 1.1944 - G102, 12.1944 - G202 (1928, 220, 9.1943 - 25.4.1945); Kalydon, 1941 - 10V1 (1918, 272, 1941 - ?/?/194?); Karmøy NS35 (ex-Kong Olaf), 2.1942 - NS11, 6.1944 - V5107 (1883, 569, 3.1941 - 20.11.1944); Kondor (ex-Stenkjaer), 11.1940 - NT15, 7.1941 - ND17, 7.1944 - V6415 (1878, 158, 11.1940 - 5.1945); Kvitsøy, 4.1940 - NS05, 3.1941 - NS34 (1878, 144, 4.1940 - 5.1945); Marder (ex-Oster), 5.1940 - NB04, 6.1944 - V5504 (1908, 206, 5.1940 - 5.1945); Medea (ex-Tatra), 9.1943 - IV54, 1.1945 - G310 (1905, 232, 9.1943 - 5.1945); Murmel (ex-Manger), , 6.1940 - NB09, 6.1944 - V5509 (1911, 153, 6.1940 - 5.1945); Nazario Sauro, 9.1943 - G101 (1898, 109, 9.1943 - 26.12.1943); Nicolaos L., 9.1941 - 11V2 (1917, 376, 9.1941 - 24.9.1941); Otter (ex-Lindaas), 7.1940 - NB03, 6.1944 - V5503 (1909, 138, 7.1940 - 5.1945); Rother Löwe NSa03 (ex-Ragnar), (1890, 120, 2.1941 - 1944); Salvore, 9.1943 - G104 (1911, 167, 9.1943 - 8.1944); San Giorgio, 9.1943 - G106 (1920, 300, 9.1943 - 11.2.1944); Scarpanto, 10.1943 - IV53 (1908, 396, 10.1943 - 6.3.1945); Tranekjaer, 12.1941 - Wachschiff 1, 7.1942 - DWo62, 1.1944 - Wachschiff 1 (1929, 265, 12.1941 - 5.1945); Ulan (ex-Lyngdal), 9.1940 - NK08, 1.1941 - NK09, 6.1944 - V5515 (1912, 149, 9.1940 - 5.1945); Ute NM30 (ex-Nordmøre), 8.1940 - Moskito NS10 (1875, 178, 7.1940 - 1.1941); Utsira (ex-Balder), 8.1940 - NS33, 2.1942 - NS10 (1875, 100, 8.1940 - 5.1945); Veluwe, 3.1943 - HA01 (1936, 317, 3.1943 - 5.1945); Wiesel NB05 (ex-Haus), 6.1944 - V5505 (1914, 135, 4.1940 - 5.1945)

Coastal cargo vessels

Alita III, 9.1939 - V1210 (1911, 127, 9 - 11.1939); Allegro, 9.1939 - V1010 (1931, 110, 9 - 10.1939); Altair, 9.1939 - V1011 (1923, 168, 9 - 11.1939); Angelina, 9.1939 - V1202 (1929, 161, 9 - 11.1939); Anita, 10.1940 - HS191 (1929, 169, 10.1940 - 8.1942); Anna, 9.1939 - V1212 (1931, 172, 9 - 11.1939); Anna Marie, 9.1939 - V1012 (1937, 118, 9 - 10.1939); Annemarie, 9.1939 - V1012 (1918, 209, 9 - 10.1939); Armin, 9.1939 - V1204 (1928, 190, 9 - 11.1939); Düneck, 9.1939 - V1201 (1939, 198, 9.1939 - 11.1940); Emil, 9.1939 - V1207 (1930, 211, 9 - 11.1939); Gertrud, 9.1939 - V1009 (1930, 199, 9 - 10.1939); Glückauf, 10.1940 - HS192 (1931, 200, 10.1940 - 8.1942); Gretchen, 7.1940 - H453 (1938, 211, 7.1940 - 14.4.1941); Hayo, 9.1939 - V1006 (1922, 150, 9 - 10.1939); Jacobus, 9.1939 - V1209 (1936, 203, 9 - 11.1939); Johanna, 9.1939 - V1004 (1909, 144, 9 - 10.1939); Käte, 9.1939 - V1007 (1935, 147, 9 - 11.1939); Maria-Lina, 9.1939 - V1206 (1929, 164, 9 - 11.1939); Meta Osterwisch, 9.1939 - V1211 (1928, 130, 9 - 11.1939); Nixe, 8.1939 - H1... (1909, 104, 8 - 10.1939); Schleswig-Holstein, 10.1940 - HS1... (1939, 174, 10.1940 - 3.8.1942); Thüringen, 9.1939 - V1001 (1936, 232, 9 - 12.1939); Tilly, 9.1939 - V1002 (1901, 146, 9 - 10.1939); Walküre, 9.1939 - V1008 (1900, 119, 9 - 10.1939)

Captured coastal cargo vessels

Aetos, 1942 - GL56 (1901, 125, 1942 - 13.1.1944); Aghios Antonios, 3.1943 - GA28 (1912, 128, 3.1943 - ?); Aghios Minas, 11.1941 - 13M1, 11.1942 - GK51 (1917, 116, 11.1941 - 18.10.1943); Aghios Nicolaos, 6.1941 - 12M1, 1942 - 10V4, 11.1942 - GM3, 5.1944 - GN3 (1922, 114, 6.1941 - 5.1945); Aghios Trias, 12.1942 - GA43, 12.1943 - UJ2143 (, 250, 12.1942 - 11.4.1944); Ali, 1.1943 - DB05 (1939, 200, 1.1943 - 5.1945); Alma II, 8.1940 - V1605, 9.1942 - V1914, 2.1944 - Vs514 (1936, 276, 8.1940 - 5.1945); Altino, 9.1943 - M6000 (, 187, 9.1943 - 11.3.1944); Ankina, 6.1943 - DWo..., 10.1943 - Vs136, 1.1944 - Vs96 (1925, , 6.1943 - ?); Annibale Bosco A., 1943 - IV10 (, 227, 1943 - 4.3.1944); Atlanta, 3.1943 - JN17 (1923, 141, 3.1943 - ?); Ceres, 12.1943 - HR27 (1928, 143, 12.1943 - 5.1945); Cor, 1.1943 - HOe..., (1924, 108, 1 - 3.1943); Cornelia B., 7.1942 - FN01 (1931, 399, 7.1942 - 5.1945); Delfzijl, 12.1942 - HI... (1939, 227, 12.1942 - ?); Delpa II, 3.1942 - 13V2 (1879, 170, 3.1942 - 21.4.1942); Delphin, 7.1940 - NO36 (, 108, 7.1940 - 5.1945); Duca Gabriele Ferretti, 12.1943 - IV56, 1.1945 - G320 (1943, 157, 12.1943 - 5.1945); Eemshorn, 10.1942 - HF12 (1937, 199, 10.1942 - 5.1945); Eijo, 2.1943 - HI..., 1943 - HOe... (1934, 135, 2.1943 - ?); Elaki, 10.1943 - UJ2124 (, 108, 10.1943 - 1.2.1944); Eleni, 4.1943 - GA44, 12.1943 - UJ2144 (1935, 149, 4.1943 - 6.5.1944); Elma, 12.1943 - HI04 (1931, 167, 12.1943 - ?); Emmanuel, 11.1942 - HR58 (1909, 146, 11.1942 - 11.1944); Ertha, 8.1941 - 13V4, 3.1942 - UJ2105 (1895, 249, 8.1941 - 1.6.1944); Evangelistria, 7.1942 - 12M19 (1920, 100, 7.1942 - ?); Fenna, 12.1943 - HI08 (1925, 157, 12.1943 - 1944); Friesland, 2.1941 - FRA35, 1944 - HF24 (1924, 180, 2.1941 - 5.1945); Frema, 2.1943 - DWo..., 10.1943 - Vs135, 1.1944 - Vs95 (1924, 113, 2.1943 - 5.1945); Frundsberg, 1941 - HS200, 8.1942 - FO16 (1936, 364, 1941 - 25.7.1943); Geja, 1.1941 - FRA16, 8.1942 - HF21 (1923, 137, 1.1941 - 1.1943); Georgios S. Krinis, 11.1941 - 10V2, 11.1942 - GM1, 5.1944 - GN1 (1918, 365, 11.1941 - 5.1945); Girolou, 9.1940 - V1606, 9.1942 - V1915, 2.1944 - Vs515 (1939, 252, 9.1940 - 7.12.1944); Haai, 5.1943 - DWo..., 1944 - JL06, 8.1944 - Vs1551 (1925, 123, 5.1943 - 5.1945); Henrica, 7.1942 - FP03 (1931, 420, 7.1942 - ?); Hoogeveen, 10.1942 - DPk..., 2.1943 - JBe23, 1.1944 - Vs420, 8.1944 - Vs1552 (1925, 100, 10.1942 - ?); Hunze VI, 10.1942 - HR31 (1929, 117, 10.1942 - ?); Kerveros, 6.1941 - 10M1, 11.1942 - GM51 (1915, 118, 6.1941 - ?); Koningsdiep, 10.1942 - HR30 (1928, 149, 10.1942 - 5.1945); Kunlabori, 7.1942 - FN02 (1935, 304, 7.1942 - 10.8.1944); L`Etoile, 10.1940 - HS... (1932, 314 t, 10.1940 - ?); Luctor, 8.1943 - DB20 (1926, 143, 8.1943 - 5.1945); Maryse, 10.1943 - FLa27 (1931, 317 t, 10.1943 - ?); Mercator, 10.1942 - HR57 (1910, 121, 10.1942 - 5.1945); Nanny, 9.1943 - DB06 (1929, 137, 9.1943 - 15.4.1945); Noordster, 2.1943 - DWo..., (1909, 112, 2.1943 - ?); Orion, 12.1942 - HI... (1926, 158, 12.1942 - 5.1945); Pierre Loti, 6.1942 - FGi01 (1932, 171, 6.1942 - 5.1945); Poldhu, 7.1942 - FN03 (1939, 422, 7.1942 - 5.1945); Rabenhaupt, 7.1942 - FP01 (1939, 358, 7.1942 - 5.1945); Ransel, 11.1941 - FRA17, 8.1942 - HF35 (1939, , 11.1941 - 5.1945); Res Nova, 3.1941 - FRA15, 8.1942 - HF34 (1926, 181, 3.1941 - 5.1945); Salamis, 1941 - 11V3 (1934, 125, 1941 - 2.10.1944); Sneck VII, 11.1942 - JBe19, 2.1943 - JL03, 8.1944 - Vs1556 (1931, 118, 11.1942 - ?); Taurus, 10.1942 - HR32 (1939, 264, 10.1942 - 8.1943); Teuna, 10.1942 - HR29 (1908, 137, 10.1942 - 5.1945); Theodoros, 10.1943 - UJ2127 (, 114, 10.1943 - 1.4.1944); Tietie, 10.1942 - DPk..., 2.1943 - JK30, 10.1943 - Vs840, 10.1940 - V1615 (1927, 114, 10.1942 - 5.1945); Titan, 2.1945 - GD03 (1917, 105, 2.1945 - ?); Trouville, 1942 - FB09 (1910, 294, 1942 - ?/?/1944); Vesta, 8.1943 - DB07 (1934, 200, 8.1943 - 5.1945); Voitja, 2.1945 - Wachschiff 11 (1907, 320, 2.1945 - ?/?/1945); Volente, 10.1942 - HR33 (1928, 166, 10.1942 - ?); Votrys, 1941 - 13M3 (1908, 239, 1941 - 12.1941); Wubbiena, 11.1942 - HR59 (1925, 142, 11.1942 - ?); Yvonne, 12.1940 - M4429 (1899, 731, 12.1940 - ?); Zijpe, 12.1942 - DB19 (1936, 192, 12.1942 - 5.1945)

Customs vessels

Nettelbeck, 8.1939 - UJ171, 6.1940 - FlJ26 (1935, 209, 8.1939 - 5.1945); Yorck, 8.1939 - UJ174, 6.1940 - FlJ25 (1936, 209, 8.1939 - 5.1945)

Pilot vessels

Altenbruch, 12.1940 - H433, 7.1942 - DC43 (1927, 220, 12.1940 - 21.2.1945); Ems, 9.1940 - H414 (1934, 141, 9.1940 - 5.1945)

Captured pilot vessels

Commandant Gamas, 7.1942 - FB08 (1918, 211, 7.1942 - ?); Frans Naerebout, 8.1941 - H861, 5.1942 - HI15, 6.1942 - V1341, 2.1943 - V1418 (1920, 265, 8.1941 - 5.1945); Le Havre de Grâce, 8.1940 - V1803 (1936, 281, 8.1940 - 5.1945); Le Socoa, 1943 - M6025 (1933, 123, 1943 - ?/?/1944); Loodsboot No6, 6.1942 - V1520, 11.1943 - V1815 (1915, 321, 6.1942 - 15.6.1944); Loodsboot No7, 9.1940 - V2003 (1915, 321, 9.1940 - 1.10.1942); Loodsboot No13, 5.1942 - V722 (1929, 451, 5.1942 - 15.3.1944); Mardyck, 11.1940 - M3430 (1939, 131, 11.1940 - 30.3.1945); Sénateur Louis Brindeau, 8.1940 - V1805 (1933, 281, 8.1940 - 15.6.1944); Stoomloodsvaartuig 5, 1.1942 - M3630 (1905, 461, 1.1942 - 14.3.1944); Stoomloodsvaartuig 6, 7.1943 - HI15, 6.1942 - V13.. (1908, 445, 7.1943 - ?); Stoomloodsvaartuig 11, 5.1942 - HI14, 8.1942 - V1340, 2.1943 - V1417 (1913, 488, 5.1942 - 17.1.1945); Stoomloodsvaartuig 12, 6.1941 - H855 (1915, 492, 6.1941 - 2.8.1941); Stoomloodsvaartuig 16, 7.1940 - M3800 (1924, 585, 7.1940 - 29.8.1944); Stoomloodsvaartuig 17, 6.1941 - M3440, 12.1942 - V1300, 1.1945 - V801 (1924, 585, 6.1941 - 5.1945); Stoomloodsvaartuig 22, 6.1941 - H851, 5.1942 - HI01 (1923, 338, 6.1941 - 5.1945)

Icebreakers

Piraly, 6.1940 - H151, 8.1942 - DK62 (1902, 105, 6.1940 - 18.6.1944)

Captured survey vessels

Paster Pype, 8.1940 - V2001 (1939, 283, 8.1940 - 5.3.1942); Stör, 7.1940 - NB42 (1939, 100, 7.1940 - 5.1945)

Captured cable vessels

Blauwal, 8.1940 - NB41 (1892, 124, 8.1940 - 5.1945)

 

Project history: Various vessels used as patrol and guard ships.

 Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

 

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