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    Sperrbrecher 18 Sperrbrecher 31 / Sperrbrecher 131 Sperrbrecher 32 / Sperrbrecher 132 Sperrbrecher 33 Sperrbrecher 34 / Sperrbrecher 134 Sperrbrecher...
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  • Sperrbrecher 18 was a Kriegsmarine sperrbrecher that was built in 1930 as the cargo ship Schürbek by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg for...
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  • 1939 by the Kriegsmarine as VP-106 Phönix, later serving as Sperrbrecher 36 and Sperrbrecher 136. She was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France...
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    by the Kriegsmarine in 1939, and served as VP-101 Schwan, Sperrbrecher 31 and Sperrbrecher 131. She served post-war with the German Mine Sweeping Administration...
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  • an auxiliary warship for the Kriegsmarine as a Vorpostenboot and then Sperrbrecher. The ship was built as Toreador and was also known as Poldorf and Düsseldorf...
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  • German cargo ship which was converted into a Vorpostenboot and then a Sperrbrecher for the Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was 68.28 metres (224 ft...
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  • War, serving as the vorpostenboot V 108 Friedrich Karl and the sperrbrecher Sperrbrecher 138. She struck a mine and sank off Borkum on 23 December 1942...
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    limpet mines on four vessels including a Sperrbrecher patrol boat. A sentry on the deck of the Sperrbrecher, apparently spotting something, shone his...
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  • converted into a Sperrbrecher, or a ship with a reinforced hull designed to clear a path through minefields. It was designated as Sperrbrecher 32 and was moved...
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  • Togo 1939 (370 tons, 2 × 88 mm guns, 100 mines) Kiebitz 1943 Sperrbrecher 1 – Sperrbrecher 100 (5,000 tons, 2 × 88 mm guns) M1935 class (875 tons, 2 ×...
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  • until December. She subsequently served as the minesweeper Sperrbrecher 38, later Sperrbrecher 133. Post-war, Porjus was sold to Greece. She served under...
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  • V 103 Sylvia, later called Sperrbrecher 33, was a German steamship which was converted into a Vorpostenboot for the Kriegsmarine during World War II. Following...
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  • serving as the vorpostenboot V-109 Flamingo and the sperrbrecher Sperrbrecher 39 and Sperrbrecher 139. She struck a mine and sank off the coast on Norway...
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  • "Pathfinder" or "Pioneer"), Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft Sperrbrecher, a category of auxiliary warships used by the German Kriegsmarine during...
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    Leipzig-class cruisers M-class minesweepers PA-class patrol ships R boats Sperrbrecher Scharnhorst-class battleships Type 1934A-class destroyers Type 1936-class...
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    commissioning, Bismarck left Hamburg to begin sea trials in Kiel Bay. Sperrbrecher 13 escorted the ship to Arcona on 28 September, and then on to Gotenhafen...
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    example), the Sperrbrecher was run ahead of the ship to be protected, detonating any mines that might be in their path. The use of Sperrbrecher obviated the...
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    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,...
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  • Baltimore, 1927. SS Neckar (1927), cargo ship in service from 1927, renamed Sperrbrecher 8 in 1939, heavily damaged at Brest in 1944 and scuttled. This article...
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    Mar: U-1302 10 Mar: Amiral Charner, U-275, U-681 11 Mar: U-682 12 Mar: Sperrbrecher 18, USS Bass, U-260, V 315 Bris 13 Mar: HMS Sealion 13 Mar. Taber Park...
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    demonstrated their value by setting them all on fire and sinking them. A German Sperrbrecher ("minefield breaker") was lost with all hands, with some 200 bodies being...
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    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,...
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  • types and around 11 million pounds (5,080 tonnes), were converted to Sperrbrecher mine barrage breakers to sail ahead of ships leaving harbour and of these...
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    commerce raider of World War II, she was then used as a minesweeper (Sperrbrecher) before being recommissioned in late 1943 as NJL Togo, a night fighter...
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    Scouting Force, eight destroyers, three divisions of minesweepers, eight sperrbrecher (cork-filled trawlers) and two trawlers to mark the swept route, were...
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    Scouting Force, eight destroyers, three divisions of minesweepers, eight Sperrbrechers (cork-filled trawlers, used to detonate mines without sinking) and two...
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    17 Feb: HMS Bluebell, Impero, U-425, U-1273, U-1278, HMS Lark 18 Feb: Sperrbrecher 139, U-2344 20 Feb: Nokaze, TA 48, HMS Vervain, U-1276, USS S-37, USS S-38...
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  • 17 Feb: HMS Bluebell, Impero, U-425, U-1273, U-1278, HMS Lark 18 Feb: Sperrbrecher 139, U-2344 20 Feb: Nokaze, TA 48, HMS Vervain, U-1276, USS S-37, USS S-38...
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    Scouting Force, eight destroyers, three divisions of minesweepers, eight Sperrbrechers (cork-filled trawlers) and two other trawlers to mark the swept route—were...
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    Palmgreen+ Kriegsmarine 15-MKorvettenkapitän of the Reserves Commander of Sperrbrecher IX and I 3 August 1941 Awarded 523rd Oak Leaves 11 July 1944 — Ferdinand...
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