KFK 144
Lilly (ex KFK 144 ) in the port of Flensburg (2008)
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KFK 144 is a German fishing cutter of the war fish cutter classand thus belongs to the largest shipbuilding series in German seafaring.
history
Second World War
The cutter was built in 1942 at Ernst Burmester Schiffswerft KG Swinemünde-Ost in Swinoujscie and served in the navy during the Second World War . In the course of the war it was used in several associations and accordingly received different identifiers. The cutter was accepted on December 16, 1942. A day later it was assigned to the 31st minesweeping flotilla and was given the identification M 3113 (at the same time the identification DH 13 was also used ). From March 13, 1943, the boat with the identification NB 51 served with the Bergen Harbor Protection Flotilla of the Norwegian Naval Command, and from June 1, 1944 with the identification VP 5521 with the 5th Coastal Security Association. The whereabouts at the end of the war is unclear.
Fishing service
In October 1946 the cutter was at the company H. & P. Mischke in Burgstaaken . Several berths, ship names and registration numbers are listed below : Kiel, Klaus (KIE 722); and Travemünde, Pollux (BX 551). In 1948, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel was rebuilt. The exact ownership and ownership for the period after the end of the war up to the transfer to the Federal Republic of Germany on August 20, 1955 by OMGUS as Pollux (BX 551) are no longer traceable; A current value of DM 40,000 was given at the time of handover. From 1955 the cutter was operated by several owners under different identifications in the fishery.
Private yacht
From 1986 the ship was used privately under the name Pollux without a fishing license. The cutter was rigged as a ketch with three sails ( jib , mainsail , and mizzen sail ). The foresail was attached as a furling jib .
When the owner and home port changed again to Flensburg in 2008 or earlier, the KFK 144 was given the name Lilly .
In 2010 the ship was sold. In February 2011 it arrived in Walvis Bay ( Namibia ) after an eight month journey . It has been offering three-day cruises there since then.
literature
- Erich Gröner , continued by Dieter Jung and Martin Maass: The German Warships 1815–1945. Volume 8/2: Outpost boats, auxiliary minesweepers, coastal protection associations. Part 2: Small combat units, dinghies. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1993, ISBN 3-7637-4807-5 .
- Herwig Danner: war fish cutter. Mittler & Sohn Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0729-3 .
Web links
- Official website of Lilly ( Memento from November 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
References and comments
- ↑ Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen ; Library for Contemporary History (Ed.): Chronicle of the Naval War 1939–1945. Württemberg State Library, Stuttgart 2007, 31st minesweeping flotilla (viewed on February 25, 2011)
- ↑ N = Norway, B = Bergen.
- ↑ VP = outpost boat.
- ↑ Gröner: The German warships 1815-1945. 1993.
- ↑ a b Danner: war fish cutter. 2001.
- ↑ The Office of Military Government for Germany (US) (OMGUS) was the highest administrative body in the American zone of occupation and the American sector of Berlin in the first four post-war years.
- ↑ UN document no. 3069, Transfer of Ships etc. to the Federal Republic of Germany, August 20, 1955, p. 70, No. 275 PDF file ( memento of October 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 25, 2011)
- ↑ Rigging of the Pollux Photo credits ( Memento of February 13, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) (viewed on February 25, 2011)
- ↑ H. Danner Forum fky.org
