| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Carl Röver |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Seebeckwerft |
| Yard number | 505 |
| Launched | July 1933 |
| Completed | 24 August 1933 |
| Commissioned | 28 September 1939 |
| Decommissioned | September 1944 |
| Out of service | 1985 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Lost or scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
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| Tonnage | |
| Length | 45.45 m (149 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 7.69 m (25 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) |
| Depth | 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Carl Röver was a Germanfishing trawler which was requisitioned by theKriegsmarine in theSecond World War for use as avorpostenboot, serving asV 209Carl Röver andV 203Carl Röver. Severely damaged in the war, she was repaired post-war and re-engined. She served as the fishing trawlerEssen and was later converted to acargo ship. She served asHans Peter,Handsome,Handsome I,Walid andSamir under the flags ofWest Germany, the United Kingdom, Panama and the Lebanon. She was lost in 1985.
The ship was 45.45 metres (149 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 7.69 metres (25 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 3.81 metres (12 ft 6 in) and a draught of 4.65 metres (15 ft 3 in).[1] She was powered by atriple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 35 centimetres (13+3⁄4 in),55 centimetres (21+5⁄8 in) and88 centimetres (34+5⁄8 in) diameter by72.5 centimetres (28+9⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was made byDeschimag Seebeckwerft,Wesermünde. It was rated at 112nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller driven via a geared low pressure turbine.[2] It could propel the ship at 10 knots (19 km/h).[1] She was assessed at 396 GRT, 151 NRT.[2]
The ship was built asyard number 505 by Deschimag Seekbeckwerft, Wesermünde. She was launched in July 1933 and completed on 24 August.[3] She was built for the Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG.[2] The ship was named forCarl Röver, aNaziGauleiter and party official.[4]Carl Röver was one of the first twofishing trawlers built by Bremenhaven-based shipbuilder Seebeckwerft afterHitler's rise to power, along withR. Walther Darré.[4] TheCode Letters DNPM were allocated,[2] as was thefishing boat registration ON 148. This was changed to PG 489 on 17 October 1934.[3][5]
Carl Röver took part in theFestungkriegsübung Swinemünde naval exercises on 10 June 1937.[4] She was requisitioned by theKriegsmarine on 28 September 1939 for use as aVorpostenboot. She was allocated to 2Vorpostenflottille as V 209Carl Röver. On 20 October, she was redesignated V 203Carl Rover.[5] On 28 July 1942,Carl Röver andV 292Hermann Bösch involved in a battle with theRoyal NavydestroyersHMS Calpe,HMS Cottesmore, and twomotor gun boats in theEnglish Channel offLa Hague,Manche, France. V 202Hermann Bösch was sunk.[6][7]Carl Röver was severely damaged. She was taken in toCherbourg,Manche, France with her forecastle burnt out. Following repairs, she returned to service on 6 July 1943.[3] On 13 July 1944, she was severely damaged in an engagement withHMS Eskimo andHMCS Huron in whichV 213Claus Bolten and theminesweeperM 4611 were sunk. HMSEskimo was severely damaged by gunfire fromCarl Röver.[8] Due to damage received,Carl Röver was withdrawn from service in September 1944.[3]
Carl Röver was repaired in November 1945. She returned to merchant service in December as the fishing boatEssen, registration BX343,[9] under the ownership of the Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei AG,Bremen.[8] In December 1955,Essen was sold to Gunter Trulsen,Bremerhaven. He sold her to Peter Witthein,Heiligenstedten in March 1956. Witthein had her converted to acargo ship and renamedHans Peter. The work was done by Hugo Peters,Wewelsfleth. Her steam engine and boilers were removed, with the latter sold to the Poseidon Line for use in their steamships.[8]Lloyd's Register continued to list her as a fishing trawler. She was now assessed at 440 GRT, 246 NRT. Her port of registry wasItzehoe,West Germany. She was now fitted with afour-strokesingle actiondiesel engine which had six cylinders of290 millimetres (11+7⁄16 in) diameter by420 millimetres (16+9⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was built byMaschinenbau Kiel,Kiel, West Germany.[10]Hans Peter waschartered to the Poseidon Line and was mainly used for trade with Norway.[8]
Hans Peter suffered an engine failure in 1970 and was condemned. She was sold to M. K. Walsh,Great Yarmouth,Norfolk, United Kingdom, who had her repaired and renamedHandsome. She was sold the next year to A. King & Sons Navigation Ltd., Panama and was renamedHandsome I. She was sold to Chameleon Shipping Co. S.A., Panama in 1972. In 1979,Handsome I was sold to A. R. Hegazi Bureau d'Assistance Maritime Agence,Beirut, Lebanon and was renamedWalid. She was sold to Z. H. Abiyad, Beirut the next year and was renamedSamir. She was lost or scrapped in 1985.[8]
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