German trawler V 1502 Wiking 6
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Builder | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Bremen |
Launched | 1939 |
Commissioned | 1940 |
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Tonnage | 381 GRT, 127 NRT |
Length | 42.55 m (139 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) |
Depth | 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in) |
Installed power | 217 nhp |
Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine |
V 1502 Wiking 6 was a German Vorpostenboot built in 1939 as the whaler Wiking 6. Requisition by the Kriegsmarine, she served throughout World War II as V 1502 Wiking 6 and the Flakjäger FlJ 24 Wiking 6 before being seized by the Royal Navy at Emden on 29 October 1945 and renamed Empire Viking VI. Allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946, she was renamed Slava II.
Description
The ship was 42.55 metres (139 ft 7 in) long, with a beam of 8.08 metres (26 ft 6 in) and a depth of 3.96 metres (13 ft 0 in). She was powered by a
History
Wiking 6 was built as a
On 29 October 1945, FlJ 24 Wiking 6 was seized by the Royal Navy as a prize of war at Emden. She was passed to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Viking VI.[3] The Code Letters GSBX were allocated and her port of registry was changed to London.[4] She was sent to the Southern Ocean in November 1945. On 7 December, she was allocated to the Soviet Union by the Tripartite Merchant Marine Commission in Berlin. She was handed over to the Soviet Union in September 1946 in London. She was renamed Slava II.[3]
Possible fate
Slava II may have been in service until 2012. On 31 October 2012, a ship of that name was severely damaged by fire at Kachemak, Alaska, United States when a man tried to commit suicide on board by pouring flammable liquid over himself and setting fire to it.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motorships under 300 tons, trawlers &c" (PDF). Lloyds Register. Lloyd's of London. 1940. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Vorpostenflottillen 1939 - 1945" (in German). Württembergische Landesbibliothek. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ OCLC 59882477.
- ^ "Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motorships under 300 tons, Trawlers &" (PDF). Lloyd's Register. Lloyd's of London. 1945. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Seenotfälle Archiv Oktober 2012" (in German). Europäisches Segel-Informationssystem. Retrieved 16 January 2020.