German trawler V 202 Hermann Bösch
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History | |
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Name | Hermann Bösch |
Owner |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Deschimag |
Yard number | 593 |
Launched | October 1937 |
Completed | 24 November 1937 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1939 |
Identification | |
Fate | Shelled and sunk 28 July 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type |
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Tonnage | 470 GRT, 170 NRT |
Length | 50.80 m (166 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) |
Depth | 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine , 96nhp |
Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
Crew | 35 (Kriegsmarine service) |
Hermann Bösch was a German
Second World War for use as a Vorpostenboot, serving as V 205 Hermann Bösch and V 202 Hermann Bösch. She was shelled and sunk in the English Channel off La Hague, Manche, France by HMS Calpe and HMS Cottesmore
on 28 July 1942.
Description
Hermann Bösch was 50.80 metres (166 ft 8 in) long, with a beam of 8.03 metres (26 ft 4 in) and a depth of 3.96 metres (13 ft 0 in). She was assessed at 470
nominal horsepower. It drove a single screw propeller via a low-pressure turbine, double reduction gearing and a hydraulic coupling.[1]
History
Hermann Bösch was built as
On 30 September 1939, Hermann Bösch was requisitioned by the
V 203 Carl Röver was damaged beyond repair in the same engagement.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Hermann Bösch (58857)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Trawlers &c. HER (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1938–1939. Retrieved 21 May 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
- ^ Gröner 1993, p. 205.
- ^ a b Gröner 1993, p. 213.
- ^ a b "Vorpostenboote der deutschen Kriegsmarine 1939-45". www.wlb-stuttgart.de (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Naval Events, September 1941, Part 1 of 2, Monday 1st – Sunday 14th". Naval History. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1942, Juli". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ a b German Naval Staff Operations Division (1948). "War Diary German Naval Staff Operations Division, July 1942" (PDF). Washington D.C.: Office of Naval Intelligence. p. 355. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- Sources
- Gröner, Erich (1993). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German). Vol. 8/I: Flußfahrzeuge, Ujäger, Vorpostenboote, Hilfsminensucher, Küstenschutzverbände (Teil 1). Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4807-5.