German trawler V 209 Carl Röver

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History
Name
  • Carl Röver (1933–45)
  • Essen (1945–56)
  • Hans Peter (1956–70)
  • Handsome (1970–71)
  • Handsome I (1971–79)
  • Walid (1979–80)
  • Samir (1980–85)
NamesakeCarl Röver
Owner
  • Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1933–39)
  • Kriegsmarine (1939–45)
  • Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen AG (1945–55)
  • Günter Trulsen (1955–56)
  • Peter Witthein (1956–70)
  • M. K. Walsh (1970–71)
  • A. King & Sons Navigation Ltd (1971–72)
  • Chameleon Shipping Co., S.A. (1972–79)
  • A. R. Hegazi Bureau d'Assistance Maritime Agence, (1979–80)
  • Z. H. Abiyad (1980–85)
Port of registry
BuilderSeebeckwerft
Yard number505
LaunchedJuly 1933
Completed24 August 1933
Commissioned28 September 1939
DecommissionedSeptember 1944
Out of service1985
Identification
  • Code Letters DNPM (1934–39)
  • Fishing boat registration ON 148 (1933–34)
  • Fishing boat registration PG 483 (1934–39)
  • Pennant Number V 209 (1939)
  • Pennant Number V 203 (1939–45)
  • Fishing boat registration BX 343 (1945–56)
FateLost or scrapped
General characteristics
Type
Tonnage
  • 396 GRT, 151 NRT (1939–56)
  • 440 GRT, 246 NRT (1956–85)
Length45.45 m (149 ft 1 in)
Beam7.69 m (25 ft 3 in)
Draught4.65 m (15 ft 3 in)
Depth3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power
  • Triple expansion steam engine, 112nhp (1933–56)
  • Diesel engine (1956–85)
PropulsionSingle screw propeller
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)

Carl Röver was a German

Second World War for use as a vorpostenboot, serving as V 209 Carl Röver and V 203 Carl Röver. Severely damaged in the war, she was repaired post-war and re-engined. She served as the fishing trawler Essen and was later converted to a cargo ship. She served as Hans Peter, Handsome, Handsome I, Walid and Samir under the flags of West Germany
, the United Kingdom, Panama and the Lebanon. She was lost in 1985.

Description

The ship was 45.45 metres (149 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 7.69 metres (25 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 3.81 metres (12 ft 6 in) and a draught of 4.65 metres (15 ft 3 in).

nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller driven via a geared low pressure turbine.[2] It could propel the ship at 10 knots (19 km/h).[1] She was assessed at 396 GRT, 151 NRT.[2]

History

The ship was built as

fishing boat registration ON 148. This was changed to PG 489 on 17 October 1934.[3][5]

Carl Röver took part in the

motor gun boats in the English Channel off La Hague, Manche, France. V 202 Hermann Bösch was sunk.[6][7] Carl Röver was severely damaged. She was taken in to Cherbourg, Manche, France with her forecastle burnt out. Following repairs, she returned to service on 6 July 1943.[3] On 13 July 1944, she was severely damaged in an engagement with HMS Eskimo and HMCS Huron in which V 213 Claus Bolten and the minesweeper M 4611 were sunk. HMS Eskimo was severely damaged by gunfire from Carl Röver.[8] Due to damage received, Carl Röver was withdrawn from service in September 1944.[3]

Carl Röver was repaired in November 1945. She returned to merchant service in December as the fishing boat Essen, registration BX343,

single action diesel engine which had six cylinders of 290 millimetres (11+7⁄16 in) diameter by 420 millimetres (16+9⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was built by Maschinenbau Kiel, Kiel, West Germany.[10] Hans Peter was chartered to the Poseidon Line and was mainly used for trade with Norway.[8]

Hans Peter suffered an engine failure in 1970 and was condemned. She was sold to M. K. Walsh, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom, who had her repaired and renamed Handsome. She was sold the next year to A. King & Sons Navigation Ltd., Panama and was renamed Handsome I. She was sold to Chameleon Shipping Co. S.A., Panama in 1972. In 1979, Handsome I was sold to A. R. Hegazi Bureau d'Assistance Maritime Agence, Beirut, Lebanon and was renamed Walid. She was sold to Z. H. Abiyad, Beirut the next year and was renamed Samir. She was lost or scrapped in 1985.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Gröner 1993, p. 204.
  2. ^ a b c d "Carl Röver (06653)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Chalutiers &c. Car (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1935–1936. Retrieved 28 May 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
  3. ^ a b c d Gröner 1993, p. 211.
  4. ^ a b c Paterson 2018, Chapter 1: Development of Naval Mine Warfare and Auxiliary Ships in the Kaiser's Navy : Vorpostenboote.
  5. ^ a b "Vorpostenboote der deutschen Kriegsmarine 1939-45" (in German). Württemberg State Library. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. ^ Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1942, Juli" (in German). Württemberg State Library. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b c d e Karting 2015, pp. 381–84.
  9. ^ Gröner 1993, pp. 211–12.
  10. ^ "Register of Ships. Hans Bulow". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Lloyds. 1958. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

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