Brommy (ship, 1916)
| Brommy | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Type | Minesweeper 1915 (comprised boats M 27 to M 56) |
| Shipyard | |
| Launch | August 19, 1916 as M 50 |
| Namesake | Karl Rudolf Brommy (Admiral of the Imperial Fleet) |
| Commissioning | September 19, 1916 |
| Decommissioning | Destroyed June 15, 1944 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length |
58.3 m |
| width |
7.0 m |
| Draft |
2.2 m |
| crew |
41 to 51 men |
| drive |
Expansion steam engine (1800 hp ) |
| speed |
approx. 16 kn |
| Armament |
|
| size |
480 t |
M 550 (ex M 50 , ex Brommy ) was a former minesweeper of the Imperial Navy , which was used by the Navy from 1938 as a clearing boat accompanying ship Brommy . It was destroyed on June 15, 1944 in an Allied air raid west of Boulogne-sur-Mer .
history
Imperial Navy
After the end of the First World War , the M 50 , a minesweeper 1915 type , was used to clear war mines until August 4, 1920, when it was decommissioned. A reactivation took place on August 15th, this time as the guide boat of the 8th minesweeping semi-flotilla. On September 28, 1921 a new decommissioning took place.
A new commissioning took place only after twelve years on October 2, 1933 in the 2nd minesweeping auxiliary flotilla.
Navy
In the short term was M 50 in the first Geleitflottille into service, but was tabled again out of service on April 1, 1936th
With the formation of the clearing boat flotillas, there was a shortage of tenders and escort ships in the Navy . Therefore, the M 50 and some boats of the minesweeper class were converted into clearing boat escorts in 1916 . The boats of the 1916 class were also structurally changed by an extension of about 2 meters. By a decree of the High Command of the Navy of November 26, 1937, the use of the name Brommy was ordered in honor of the commander of the first German Reichsflotte , Rear Admiral Karl Rudolf Brommy (1804-1860).
Until September 1938 the Brommy served in the 1st R-Flotilla, then in the 2nd R-Flotilla. During this time she was used in the North Sea , off the Dutch coast and finally in the English Channel .
At the beginning of November 1940 the name was changed to M 550 .
On the night of 15 to 16 June 1944 M 550 west of Boulogne-sur-Mer by an air raid the RAF destroyed. 297 Lancaster , Halifax and Mosquitos launched a heavy attack on the port of Boulogne. The two R-boat escort ships M 507 and Von der Lippe , six mine clearance boats, three minesweepers, two outpost boats , two artillery ferry boats , three tugs and five harbor protection boats were sunk and three other clearance boats were badly damaged.
tradition
The traditional name Brommy was continued from 1959 by the school frigate Brommy (F 218) of the German Navy .
literature
- Entry: Brommy (M50 / M 550). In: Hans H. Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, Hans-Otto Steinmetz: The German warships. Biographies - a mirror of naval history from 1815 to the present. Ratingen undated (one volume reprint of the seven-volume original edition, Herford 1979ff.,), Vol. VII, p. 74f.
- Günter Kroschel, August-Ludwig Evers (ed.): The German fleet 1848-1945. History of German warship construction in 437 pictures. 2nd edition, Wilhelmshaven 1963, p. XXV.
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Erich Gröner: The German warships, 1815-1945: torpedo boats, destroyers, speedboats, minesweepers, mine clearance boats . Bernard & Graefe, 1982, ISBN 978-3-7637-4801-3 , pp. 164 ( google.de [accessed on August 2, 2020]).
- ↑ http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-06.htm