German trawler V 216 Goëland
Appearance
History | |
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Name | Goëland |
Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Bonn & Mees |
Yard number | 109 |
Launched | 1906 |
Commissioned |
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Decommissioned | November 1940 (French Navy) |
Out of service | 6 August 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sunk |
General characteristics | |
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Tonnage | 268 GRT, 129 NRT |
Length | 42.81 m (140 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 6.61 m (21 ft 8 in) |
Draught | 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine, 96nhp |
Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Goëland was a French
Second World War by the French Navy for use as a watchboat. She was captured by the Kriegsmarine, serving as HS 06 Goëland, and later as the Vorpostenboot
V 727 Goëland and later as V 216 Goëland. She was sunk in 1944.
Description
The ship 42.81 metres (140 ft 5 in) long, with a beam of 6.61 metres (21 ft 8 in). She had a draught of 3.81 metres (12 ft 6 in).
History
Goëland was built as
Code Letters JLBS had been allocated.[5] By 1920, she had been sold to Victor Fourny, Boulogne.[6] By 1922, she had been sold to the Sociètè Française des Pêcheries à Vapeur, Boulogne. She was operated under the management of Veuve Christiaens & A. Bourgain. Her Code Letters were now OIHT.[7]
Goëland was later sold to the Compagnie Générale Grande Pêche,
Seine-Inférieure, France. From 1934, her code letters were FOGY.[2] In 1940, she was requisitioned by the French Navy for uses as a watchboat. She was captured later that year by the Kriegsmarine, and was commissioned on 30 November 1940 as HS 06 Goëland. On 2 May 1942 she was allocated to 7 Vorpostenflotille as the vorpostenboot V 727 Goëland. In 1944, she was reallocated to 2 Vorpostenflotille as V 216 Goëland. She was sunk on 6 August 1944 at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[8]
References
- ^ a b Gröner 1993, p. 329.
- ^ a b "Goëland (58122)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Chalutiers &c. GOB-GOL (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1942–1943. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
- ^ Gröner 1993, pp. 329–30.
- ^ "Lloyd's Register, Navires a Vapeur". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyds Register. 1908. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Lloyd's Register, Steamers". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyds Register. 1918. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Lloyd's Register, Navires A Vapeur". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyds Register. 1920. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Lloyd's Register, Navires A Vapeur". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyds Register. 1922. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Gröner 1993, p. 330.
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.