Friederike (ship, 1929)

Friederike

Ship data other ship names Firuz (1928–1943) Volgoneft (1945–?) Ship type Tanker home port Dunkirk Owner Association Pétrolière Shipyard Chantiers navals français, Caen takeover 1929

Ship dimensions and crew length 142.40 m ( Lüa ) width 17.20 m Draft Max. 8.20 m measurement 7327 GRT

Machine system machine North East Marine Engine Company triple expansion steam engine Top speed 11.0 kn (20 km / h)

Transport capacities Load capacity 11,410 dw

Others

The Friederike , formerly Firuz , was a 7327 GRT tanker that was used by the German Navy during World War II .

The tanker was built in 1929 by the Chantiers navals français (CNF) shipyard in Caen for the Association Pétrolière in Paris, a subsidiary of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company .

On January 31, 1943, the French ship in Toulon was confiscated by Germany. On August 6, 1943, the tanker was attacked in the Black Sea by the Russian submarine SC 216 . On May 11, 1944 in was convoy propelled tanker from the Russian submarine L-4 (captain third rank Polyakov) before Constanta attacked. The tanker received a torpedo hit but did not sink. On August 30, 1944 in Constana it came into Soviet possession as a prize , where the ship continued to be operated as Volgoneft .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Head of sea ​​transport Black Sea. In: Chronicle of the Naval War 1939–1945. Retrieved February 17, 2014 . 
2. ^ Sketch of the attack on August 6, 1943
3. ↑ http://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=16851.0
4. ↑ Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronik des Maritime War 1939–1945, May 1944 , accessed on August 22, 2013