German trawler V 216 Goëland

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History
NameGoëland
Owner
  • F. Courtois & F. Hovelaque (1906–20)
  • Victor Fourny (1920–22)
  • Sociètè Française des Pêcheries à Vapeur (1922– )
  • Compagnie Générale de Grande Pêche( –1940)
  • French Navy (1940)
  • Kriegsmarine (1940–44)
Operator
  • Auguste Bourgain-Bourgain (1906–20)
  • Victor Fourny (1920–22)
  • Veuve Christiaens & A. Bourgain (1922– )
  • ( –1940)
Port of registry
BuilderBonn & Mees
Yard number109
Launched1906
Commissioned
  • 1940 (French Navy)
  • November 1940 (Kriegsmarine)
DecommissionedNovember 1940 (French Navy)
Out of service6 August 1944
Identification
  • Code Letters JLBS (1918–22)
  • Code Letters OIHT (1922-34)
  • Code Letters FOGY (1934–40)
  • Pennant Humber HS 06 (1940–42)
  • Pennant Number V 727 (1942–44)
  • Pennant Number V 216 (1944)
FateSunk
General characteristics
Type
Tonnage268 GRT, 129 NRT
Length42.81 m (140 ft 5 in)
Beam6.61 m (21 ft 8 in)
Draught3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed powerTriple expansion steam engine, 96nhp
PropulsionSingle screw propeller
Speed10 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).

nhp. It drove a single screw propeller.[2] It could propel the ship at 10 knots (19 km/h).[1]

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

  1. ^ a b Gröner 1993, p. 329.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Gröner 1993, pp. 329–30.
  4. ^ "Lloyd's Register, Navires a Vapeur". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyds Register. 1908. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Lloyd's Register, Steamers". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyds Register. 1918. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Lloyd's Register, Navires A Vapeur". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyds Register. 1920. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Lloyd's Register, Navires A Vapeur". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London: Lloyds Register. 1922. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  8. ^ 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. .