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...

German navy—the Reichsmarine—to six battleships of the "Deutschland or Lothringen types" and six old light cruisers. These obsolete ships could not be replaced...

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 returned...

B" was not authorized until 1931. A replacement for the old battleship Lothringen, her keel was laid on 25 June 1931 at the Reichsmarinewerft shipyard in...

to various units in the Imperial Navy. Lindemann was assigned to SMS Lothringen, a battleship which belonged to the 2nd Battle Squadron of the High Seas...

Petsamo to Yokohama, Japan. All three were escorted in to Vardø. On 1 July 1942, Schiff 7 Wega was allocated to 9 Vorpostenflotille. On 1 May 1943, she was allocated...

Vorpostenflotille V 5701 Thüringen V 5702 Eupen V 5702 Grane V 5703 Elsass V 5703 Lothringen V 5704 Warthegau V 5705 Elsaß V 5706 Ostmark V 5707 Südwind V 5711 Steiermark...

serving with 14 Minensuchflotille as the minesweeper M 1403. On 12 April 1942, she was reallocated to 44 Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed...

serving with 14 Minensuchflotille as the minesweeper M 1405. On 12 April 1942, she was reallocated to 44 Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed...

serving with 14 Minensuchflotille as the minesweeper M 1406. On 22 March 1942, she was reallocated to 44 Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed...

serving with 14 Minensuchflotille as the minesweeper M 1402. On 12 April 1942, she was reallocated to 44 Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed...

serving with 14 Minensuchflotille as the minesweeper M 1404. On 22 March 1942, she was reallocated to 44 Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed...

cruiser Pinguin (known as "Raider F", or "schiff 33") and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran ("Raider G", schiff 41) in the Indian Ocean. Alstertor accompanied...

use as a Vorpostenboot. It was launched in 1927 in Hamburg and was sunk in 1942 in the North Sea during Operation Cerberus. John Mahn was built by Reiherstieg...

Fritz Homann was a fishing trawler that was built in 1930 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Wesermünde for Grundmann & Gröschel. She served with...

1930–1931. Retrieved 19 November 2022 – via Southampton City Council. "SCHIFF 7/WEGA" (in German). Historisches Marinearchiv. Retrieved 19 November 2022...

continued throughout 1941 and into 1942, with 37 percent of Bomber Command sorties between 10 December and 20 January 1942 targeting the ships at Brest. At...

sperrbrecher Sperrbrecher 138. She struck a mine and sank off Borkum on 23 December 1942. The ship was 72.01 metres (236 ft 3 in) long, with a beam of 10.80 metres...

off La Hague, Manche, France by HMS Calpe and HMS Cottesmore on 28 July 1942. Hermann Bösch was 50.80 metres (166 ft 8 in) long, with a beam of 8.03 metres...

Maatschappij, Rotterdam. Seized in May 1940 by German forces and renamed Lothringen. Converted to a replenishment ship, used to supply Bismarck and other...

1933, then Baltrum the next year and Deltra I in 1938. Requisitioned in 1942, she served as V 1523 Deltra I and V 215 Oliva before being scuttled in 1944...

serving as V 312 Hanseat. She ran aground and was wrecked in September 1942. The ship 44.50 metres (146 ft 0 in) long, with a beam of 7.60 metres (24 ft...

in 1919 and became the French fishing boat Keryado, later Keryado II. In 1942, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine, serving as the Vorpostenboot...

Pas-de-Calais, France by the Motor Torpedo Boat HMMTB 54. On 27 August 1942, she was attacked and sunk by Allied aircraft at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure...

June 1940. Subsequently refloated in April 1941 and repaired. In October 1942 was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a vorpostenboot, serving...

serving with 14 Minensuchflotille as the minesweeper M 1401. On 22 March 1942, she was reallocated to 44 Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed...

Vorpostenflotille V 5701 Thüringen V 5702 Eupen V 5702 Grane V 5703 Elsass V 5703 Lothringen V 5704 Warthegau V 5705 Elsaß V 5706 Ostmark V 5707 Südwind V 5711 Steiermark...

This was changed to V 5104 on 1 January 1941 and V 5102 in May 1942. On 7 January 1942 she was escorting two German freighters, SS Hedwigschütte and SS...

Röver. On 20 October, she was redesignated V 203 Carl Rover. On 28 July 1942, Carl Röver and V 292 Hermann Bösch involved in a battle with the Royal Navy...

vorpostenboot, serving with 4 Vorpostenflotille as V 427 Victoire. On 10 October 1942, she was transferred to 13 Vorpostenflotille and redesignated V 1311 Victoire...