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German cargo ship
History
Name
Phönix (1913–39)
VP-106 Phönix (1939–40)
Sperrbrecher 36 (1940–41)
Sperrbrecher 136 (1941–44)
Owner
Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG (1913–23)
Roland Line (1923–25/26)
Norddeutscher Lloyd (1925/25–33)
Argo Reederei AG (1933–37)
Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co. (1937–39)
Kriegsmarine (1939–44)
Port of registry
Builder Stettiner Oderwerke
Launched 28 January 1913
Out of service 25 August 1944
Identification
Code Letters QKGL (1919–34)
Code Letters DOBK (1934–44)
Pennant Number VP-106 (1939–40)
Fate Scuttled 25 August 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage 999 GRT , 530 NRT
Length 71.93 m (236 ft 0 in)
Beam 9.86 m (32 ft 4 in)
Depth 4.14 m (13 ft 7 in)
Installed power Triple expansion steam engine, 205nhp
Propulsion Screw propeller
Phönix was a cargo ship built in 1913 by
Loire-Inférieure
, France on 25 August 1944.
Description
The ship was 71.93 metres (236 ft 0 in) long, with a beam of 9.88 metres (32 ft 5 in) and a depth of 4.14 metres (13 ft 7 in). She was assessed at 999
nhp and drove a single screw propeller.
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History
Phönix was built by
Code Letters QKGL were allocated.
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In 1923, Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG merged with the Roland Line, which was itself absorbed by Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1925/26. Phönix was transferred to Argo Reederei AG in 1933, then to Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co. in 1937.[2] Her Code Letters changed to DOBK in 1934.[4]
On 1 October 1939, Phönix was requisitioned by the
Loire-Inférieure, France on 25 August 1944.
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References
1 Vorpostenflotille 2 Vorpostenflotille 3 Vorpostenflotille 4 Vorpostenflotille 5 Vorpostengruppe 6 Vorpostengruppe 6 Vorpostenflotille 7 Vorpostenflotille 8 Vorpostenflotille 9 Vorpostenflotille 10 Vorpostenflotille 11 Vorpostenflotille 12 Vorpostenflotille 13 Vorpostenflotille 14 Vorpostenflotille 15 Vorpostenflotille 16 Vorpostengruppe 16 Vorpostenflotille 17 Vorpostenflotille 18 Vorpostengruppe 18 Vorpostenflotille 19 Vorpostenflotille 20 Vorpostenflotille 51 Vorpostenflotille 53 Vorpostenflotille 55 Vorpostenflotille 57 Vorpostenflotille 59 Vorpostenflotille 61 Vorpostenflotille 63 Vorpostenflotille 64 Vorpostenflotille 65 Vorpostenflotille 66 Vorpostenflotille 67 Vorpostenflotille 68 Vorpostenflotille 7 & 13 Sicherungsflotille Vessels are listed under their first designation within each Vorpostenflotille . Subsequent changes in pennant numbers not shown.
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in August 1944
Shipwrecks
2 Aug: USS Fiske
3 Aug: HMS Quorn
4 Aug: Tannenfels , Matsu
5 Aug: Mefküre , U-671
6 Aug: Empire City , Sachsenwald , Thétis , U-471 , U-736 , U-952 , U-969 , V 215 Oliva
7 Aug: Amsterdam , Empire Day , Nagara
8 Aug: Conte Verde , HMCS Regina , Tama Maru No. 6 , V 404 Falke
9 Aug: Spichern
10 Aug: U-608
11 Aug: V 623 Jupiter , U-385 , U-967
12 Aug: T-114 , T-118 , U-198 , U-981 , V 410 Germania
13 Aug: USS Flier , U-270 , V 1101 Preußsen
14 Aug: V 605 Arthur Duncker , Gueydon , U-618
15 Aug: U-741
16 Aug: Trémintin
18 Aug: La Galissonnière , Natori , Strasbourg , Taiyō , Teia Maru , U-107 , U-129 , U-621 , V 406 Hans Loh
19 Aug: Commandant Teste , Hayasui , Tamatsu Maru , U-123 , U-466 , V-6112 Friese
20 Aug: Richard Montgomery , U-9 , U-413 , U-984 , U-1229 . V 409 August Bösch
21 Aug: HMCS Alberni , HMS Kite , HMS Orchis , U-230 , V 402 Dr. Adolf Spilker , Z23
22 Aug: HMS Bickerton , HMS Loyalty , Matsuwa , Tsushima Maru , U-344 , V 401 Jan Mayen , V 405 J. Hinrich Wilhelms , V 413 Ferdinand Niedermeyer
23 Aug: Asakaze , U-180
24 Aug: USS Harder , NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu , U-354 , U-445 , Z37
25 Aug: Sperrbrecher 136 , U-18 , U-24 , U-178 , U-667 , UIT-21 , Yūnagi , Z24
26 Aug: Samidare , U-188 , V 404 Baden , V 411 Saarland
27 Aug: HMS Britomart , Clemenceau , HMS Hussar
28 Aug: John Barry , V 407 Dorum
30 Aug: De Grasse , M553
31 Aug: Shirataka
Unknown date: Condorcet , Kulmerland , Marechal Petain , U-925
Other incidents