SS Birka (1937) (redirect from Schiff 8)
use as a hospital ship. Allocated to 5 Vorpostengruppe and designated as "Schiff 8", she served in Norwegian waters. On 1 June 1943, she struck a mine and...
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SS Oldenburg (1936) (redirect from Schiff 35)
She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 35. She was torpedoed and sunk in April 1940. The ship was 289 feet...
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SS Nerissa (1936) (redirect from Schiff 20)
She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 20. She was torpedoed and sunk in 1944. Nerissa was 70.84 metres...
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SS Jupiter (Ropner, 1895) (redirect from Schiff 1)
Jupiter. She was captured by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 1. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1949. The ship was...
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List of ships of the Imperial German Navy (redirect from Seiner Majestaet Schiff)
800 tons, 12 x 21 cm guns) SMS Blücher, 1908 Schwalbe class (1,359 tons, 8 x 10.5 cm guns) SMS Schwalbe, 1887 SMS Sperber, 1888 Bussard class (1,650 tons...
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German minesweeper Sperrbrecher 18 (redirect from Schiff 40)
She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 40 and later Sperrbrecher 18. Severely damaged in an Allied air...
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German trawler V 607 Düsseldorf (redirect from Schiff 13)
1940, Düsseldorf was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and designated as Schiff 13. She scheduled to take part in Unternehmen Seelöwe. On 23 August, she...
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SS Dr. Heinrich Wiegand (1938) (redirect from Schiff 12)
She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 12. She was sunk in September 1944 but was raised post-war and...
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SS Wandrahm (1927) (redirect from Schiff 4)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War, serving as Schiff 4, V 1801 Wandrahm and V 6114 Eismeer. Post-war, she was allocated to the...
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cruisers for use in Germany's overseas colonies. The first of these, the Schwalbe class, were laid down in 1886 and 1887. A further six vessels of the Bussard...
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Keryado, later Keryado II. In 1942, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine, serving as the Vorpostenboot V 423 Keryado II. She was returned to her...
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periodic maintenance. Schwalbe returned to Germany in September, though her place was taken by Geier. On 25 December, Kaiser Wilhelm II awarded the Schießpreis...
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German trawler V 401 Jan Mayen (redirect from MV Felicitas II)
German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in World War II for use as a Vorpostenboot. She served as V 406 Jan Mayen and V 401 Jan Mayen...
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Lemke-Matwey, Christine (26 October 2009). "Michel Schwalbé: Des Meisters erste Geige" [Michel Schwalbé: The Master's First Violin]. Der Tagesspiegel (in...
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modernize Germany's cruiser force. The first step in the program, the two Schwalbe-class unprotected cruisers, provided the basis for the larger Bussard class...
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Vorpostenboot (category World War II auxiliary ships of Germany)
the Kriegsmarine faced were worsened by the American entry into World War II. The start of American naval involvement in Europe was marked on 19 February...
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Richard Lineback as Sergeant Norwood Beau Starr as Commissioner Richard Schiff as Train Driver John Capodice as Bob, Bus Driver Thomas Rosales Jr. as Vinnie...
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German trawler V 622 Almuth (category World War II merchant ships of Germany)
Gotland Schiff 7 Wega 9 Vorpostenflotille V 901 Senator Sprecher V 902 Senator Sachse V 903 Mainz V 904 Else Wilhelms V 905 Karl Bergh V 906 Schwalbe V 907...
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German trawler V 317 Wega (redirect from Schiff 7 Wega)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War initially service as Schiff 7 and later as a Vorpostenboot, serving as V 317 Wega. Returned to her owners...
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1930–1931. Retrieved 19 November 2022 – via Southampton City Council. "SCHIFF 7/WEGA" (in German). Historisches Marinearchiv. Retrieved 19 November 2022...
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SS Odd I (1912) (redirect from SS Dominion II)
Dominion II. She was renamed Odd I in 1921 and retained that name until 1963 when she became Annstein, except for a period during World War II when she...
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German trawler V 605 Arthur Duncker (category World War II merchant ships of Germany)
Gotland Schiff 7 Wega 9 Vorpostenflotille V 901 Senator Sprecher V 902 Senator Sachse V 903 Mainz V 904 Else Wilhelms V 905 Karl Bergh V 906 Schwalbe V 907...
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German trawler V 603 Carsten (category World War II merchant ships of Germany)
Gotland Schiff 7 Wega 9 Vorpostenflotille V 901 Senator Sprecher V 902 Senator Sachse V 903 Mainz V 904 Else Wilhelms V 905 Karl Bergh V 906 Schwalbe V 907...
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commander of the Schutztruppe presented Looff with a model of the cruiser Schwalbe, which had been the longest serving warship with the unit. Königsberg surveyed...
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German trawler V 606 Fladengrund (category World War II merchant ships of Germany)
Gotland Schiff 7 Wega 9 Vorpostenflotille V 901 Senator Sprecher V 902 Senator Sachse V 903 Mainz V 904 Else Wilhelms V 905 Karl Bergh V 906 Schwalbe V 907...
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French ship Molène (B262) (category World War II merchant ships of Germany)
[Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to the Present Day] (in French). Vol. II: 1870–2006. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922...
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List of Empire ships (Si–Sy) (redirect from MV Tamise II)
during the occupation of Paris and abandoned. Salvaged by Germany, renamed Schwalbe. Seized in May 1945 at the Channel Islands. To MoWT and renamed Empire...
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German trawler V 602 Richard C. Krogmann (category World War II merchant ships of Germany)
Gotland Schiff 7 Wega 9 Vorpostenflotille V 901 Senator Sprecher V 902 Senator Sachse V 903 Mainz V 904 Else Wilhelms V 905 Karl Bergh V 906 Schwalbe V 907...
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German trawler V 623 Jupiter (category World War II merchant ships of Germany)
Gotland Schiff 7 Wega 9 Vorpostenflotille V 901 Senator Sprecher V 902 Senator Sachse V 903 Mainz V 904 Else Wilhelms V 905 Karl Bergh V 906 Schwalbe V 907...
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