Dithmarschen (1907)

Dithmarschen

Ship data flag  German Empire German Empire Argentina     Ship type Fish steamer Shipping company C. Rheder, no further details known Shipyard Eiderwerft AG, Tönning Launch January 17, 1907 Commissioning March 9, 1907 Whereabouts unknown

Ship dimensions and crew length 38.16 m ( Lüa ) width 7.05 m Draft Max. 4.15 m displacement 617  t   crew approx. 25-27 men as an outpost boat

Machine system machine Steam engine Machine performance 400 hp (294 kW) Top speed 10 kn (19 km / h) propeller 1

Armament unknown

The Dithmarschen was a German fish steamer that was used as an outpost boat in the Schlieder special group during the First World War .

use

Until the outbreak of the First World War, the Dithmarschen was used continuously as a fishing steamer.

On October 13, 1914, the steamer was assigned to the North Sea outpost flotilla by the Imperial Navy . By early 1916 at the latest, she and the VP boats Bismarck and Kehdingen became part of the Schlieder special group , which was deployed in the western and northern North Sea for fighting submarines, reconnaissance and destroying submarine cables . Here she was also used as a submarine trap .

On May 22, 1919, the Dithmarschen was returned to its previous owner and was probably used again in the fishing industry. On June 15, 1927, it was flagged out to Argentina ; it is unclear whether it was also sold there. In 1937 she was deleted from the shipping register, her whereabouts are unknown.

other data

Build number: 76

Fishing license: SD 40

literature

• Erich Gröner u. a .: The German warships 1815-1945 , vol. 8/1: river vehicles, Ujäger, outpost boats , auxiliary minesweepers , coastal protection associations , Munich 1993, vol. 8/1, p. 176f.
• Fritz Otto Busch / Georg Günther Freiherr von Forstner (eds.): War on Seven Oceans ( Our Navy in World War I , Vol. 2), Berlin 1935.