| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
|
| Port of registry |
|
| Builder | Seebeck G. Ag. - Weser Werk Seebeckwerft |
| Yard number | 600 |
| Launched | November 1937 |
| Completed | 30 December 1937 |
| Commissioned | 1 October 1939 |
| Out of service | 15 June 1944 – 1948 |
| Identification |
|
| Fate | Scrapped 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
|
| Tonnage | 481 GRT, 178 NRT |
| Length | 50.80 m (166 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 50.80 m (166 ft 8 in) |
| Depth | 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in) |
| Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine, 96nhp |
| Propulsion | Scew propeller |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
V 202Franz Westermann (laterV 205Franz Westermann) was a German trawler built in 1937 which was converted into aVorpostenboot for theKriegsmarine duringWorld War II. She was sunk atSaint Peter Port,Guernsey,Channel Islands in an allied air raid on15 June 1944. Repaired post-war, she was renamedPommern in 1954 and served until 1960.
Franz Westermann was 50.80 metres (166 ft 8 in) long, with a beam of 8.03 metres (26 ft 4 in) and a depth of 3.96 metres (13 ft 0 in). It was assessed at 481 GRT, 178 NRT. The ship was powered by atriple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 35 centimetres (13+3⁄4 in),55 centimetres (21+5⁄8 in) and90.0 centimetres (35+7⁄16 in) diameter by64.9 centimetres (25+9⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was built byDeschimag,Wesermünde and was rated at 96nominal horsepower. It drove a single screw propeller.[1]
Franz Westermann was constructed asyard number 599 byDeschimag Seebeck inBremerhaven as afishing trawler. She was launched in November 1937 and completed on 28 December.[2] She was built for Reederei Siebert & Co, Wesermünde. TheCode Letters DFDI were allocated,[1] as was thefishing boat registration PG 521.[3] On 6 October 1940, theKriegsmarine requisitioned the vessel and commissioned it as aVorpostenboot in the2 Vorpostenflotille under the designation V 202Franz Westermann. It was redesignated V 205Franz Westermann on 20 October. With the rest of the2 Vorpostenflotille,Franz Westermann operated in the North Sea from 1939 to 1940 and in the English Channel from 1940 to 1944.[3]
V 202Franz Westermann was sunk in an Allied air raid onSt. Peter Port,Guernsey on 15 June 1944.[4][5] She was refloated and repaired in 1948, receiving the fishing boat registration BX 297.Franz Westermann was renamedPommern on 28 June 1954 and was then homeported atCuxhaven. She was then owned by the Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei. She was sold to W. Ritscher, Hamburg for breaking on 30 April 1962.[6]
