Friedeburg (ship, 1912)

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Friedeburg p1
Ship data
flag German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire German Empire German Empire Italy
German EmpireGerman Empire (Reichskriegsflagge) 
German EmpireGerman Empire (trade flag) 
ItalyItaly (trade flag) 
other ship names
  • Oldampt
  • Gull
  • Emmy Stone
  • Erika
  • Vittoriana
  • Imperia
  • Titti Andalo
Ship type Auxiliary ship
Shipyard EJ Smit & Zn., Hoogezand
Build number 490
Launch 1912
Commissioning December 7, 1912
September 6, 1916 (as an auxiliary ship)
Decommissioning September 12, 1917 (as an auxiliary ship)
Whereabouts Probably canceled around 1982.
Ship dimensions and crew
length
33.95 m ( Lüa )
width 7.16 m
Draft Max. 2.94 m
displacement 430  t
measurement 211 GRT
Machine system
Machine
performance
75 hp (55 kW)
Top
speed
4.5 kn (8 km / h)
Rigging and rigging
Rigging Gaff rigging
Number of masts 3
Armament
  • 2 × 10.5 cm Sk L / 35

The Friedeburg was a German three-masted gaff schooner that was put into service by the Imperial Navy as an auxiliary ship during the First World War . Besides the Belmonte , she was the only sailing ship in German naval history that was used as a submarine trap .

Technical data and use

The Friedeburg ran 1912 the Dutch shipyard of EJ Smit & Zn. As Oldampt in Hoogezand under hull number 490 from the stack . Their size was 211 GRT or approx. 430 tons , the length 33.95 m, the width 7.16 m, the draft 2.94 m. It had an auxiliary engine with an output of 75 hp , which gave it a speed of 4.5 kn , regardless of the wind . On December 7, 1912, it was put into service by Bartels & Co. in Nordenham as Friedeburg . Its name is obviously derived from the medieval Friedeburg near Nordenham.

On September 6, 1916, she was put into service by the Imperial Navy as auxiliary ship F and received two obsolete, outdated 10.5 cm rapid-fire guns for use as a submarine trap . Her code name was Anna , the legendary home port Brake (Unterweser) in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg . Nothing has been known about their use so far. She was decommissioned on September 12, 1917.

In August 1919 she was managed by Paulsen & Ivers in Kiel and put into service as a Möve . In 1921 she was sold to the Jensen company in Hamburg and renamed Emmy Stein , but already in 1922 she was sold to Lübeck and managed as Erika by the Lieschau company. In 1928 it was sold to Italy and entered service as Vittoriana , but renamed Imperia in 1936 . For reasons unknown, possibly due to fighting during the Second World War , it sank in Tripoli / Libya on April 23, 1943 . The Imperia was lifted again on January 15, 1954 and again put into service under the Italian flag as Titti Andalo . It is said to have been canceled around 1982.

literature

  • Erich Gröner u. a .: The German warships 1815–1945, Vol. 8/2: River vehicles, U-fighters, outpost boats, auxiliary minesweepers, coastal protection associations . Verlag Bernard & Graefe, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7637-4807-5 , pp. 533f.