| History | |
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| Name | Mars |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Schulte & Bruns,Emden |
| Yard number | 116 |
| Launched | 8 June 1937 |
| Completed | 7 August 1937 |
| Commissioned | 10 September 1939 |
| Out of service | 15 July 1944 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Burnt out in an air attack |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
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| Tonnage | 268 GRT, 124 NRT |
| Length | 35.84 m (117 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 7.49 metres (24 ft 7 in) |
| Depth | 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | Diesel engine, 94nhp |
| Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Mars was a Germanfishing trawler which was built in 1937. She was requisitioned by theKriegsmarine during theSecond World War. She was used as aminesweeper under thepennant numbersM 1402 andM 4413, and later as theVorpostenbootV 621Mars. She was lost in an Allied air attack in July 1944.
The ship was 35.84 m (117 ft 7 in) long, with a beam of 7.49 metres (24 ft 7 in). She had a depth of 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in). She was assessed at 268 GRT, 124 NRT. She was powered by adiesel engine, which had 8 cylinders of 28 centimetres (11 in) diameter by 44.9 centimetres (17+11⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was built by Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG,Köln,Germany. It was rated at 94nhp. It drove a single screw propeller.[1] It could propel the ship at 11 knots (20 km/h).[2]
Mars was built asyard number 116 by Schulte & Bruns,Emden, Germany.[2] She was launched on 8 June 1937 and completed on 7 August. She was owned by the Dollart Heringfischerei AG, Emden[3] Her port of registry was Emden. She was allocated the Code Letters DGLF,[1] and thefishing boat registration AE 91.[3]
On 10 September 1939,Mars was requisitioned by theKriegsmarine, serving with 14Minensuchflotille as theminesweeper M 1402. On 12 April 1942, she was reallocated to 44Minensuchflotille and her pennant number was changed to M 4413. On 1 January 1943, she was designated as avorpostenboot. She was allocated to 6Vorpostenflotille as V 621Mars. On 15 July 1944, she was attacked offLa Pallice,Charente-Inférieure, France by two Allied aircraft and set afire. She was beached onBelle Île, Morbihan, where she burnt out.Mars was a total loss.[3]V 624Köln was severely damaged in the attack.[4]
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