German trawler V 213 Claus Bolten
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Name: | Claus Bolten |
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Builder: | Schiffsbau Unterweser mbH |
Yard number: | 218 |
Launched: | 18 November 1926 |
Completed: | 12 December 1926 |
Commissioned: | 18 June 1941 |
Out of service: | 28 June 1944 |
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Tonnage: | 282 GRT, 109 NRT |
Length: | 45.75 metres (150 ft 1 in) |
Beam: | 7.40 metres (24 ft 3 in) |
Draught: | 3.34 metres (10 ft 11 in) |
Depth: | 4.22 metres (13 ft 10 in) |
Installed power: | Compound steam engine, 57nhp |
Propulsion: | Single screw propeller |
Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Claus Bolten was a German fishing trawler which was requistioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as a vorpostenboot, serving as V 213 Claus Bolten. She was sunk in a battle in the English Channel in July 1944.
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Description
The ship was 45.75 metres (150 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 7.40 metres (24 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 4.22 metres (13 ft 10 in) and a draught of 3.34 metres (10 ft 11 in).[1] She was powered by a four-cylinder compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). and two of 66 centimetres (26 in) diameter by 66 centimetres (26 in) stroke. The engine was made by Christiansen & Mayer, Harburg. It was rated at 57nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller.[2] It could propel the ship at 11 knots (20 km/h).[1] She was assessed at 282 GRT, 109 NRT.[2]
History
Claus Bolten was built as yard number 219 by Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser m.b.H, Wesermünde, Germany.[1] She was launched on 25 September 1937 and completed on 17 December. She was built for the Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei, Cuxhaven.[1] The Code Letters RGCK were allocated,[2] as was the fishing boat registration HC 186. On 8 March 1929, she was sold to the Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG.[1] On 22 January 1932, she was on of seven trawlers that put in to Reyjkjavík, Iceland having been damaged by severe weather. Claus Bolten had her funnel carried away.[3] In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to DHED.[4]
On 18 June 1940, Claus Bolten was requisitoned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated to 2 Vorpostenflottille as V 213 Claus Bolten.[1] On 28 June 1944, she was sunk in the English Channel north west of Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) in an engagement with HMS Eskimo and HMCS Huron.[1] V 209 Carl Röver was severely damaged and the minesweeper M 4611 was sunk in the engagement.[5]
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