History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Stettiner Oderwerke |
Launched | 28 January 1913 |
Out of service | 25 August 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Scuttled 25 August 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 999 GRT, 530 NRT |
Length | 71.93 m (236 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 9.86 m (32 ft 4 in) |
Depth | 4.14 m (13 ft 7 in) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine, 205nhp |
Propulsion | Screw propeller |
Phönix was a cargo ship built in 1913 by Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin, Germany for Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG, Bremen, Germany. She served with a number of German shipping lines before being requisitioned in 1939 by the Kriegsmarine as VP-106 Phönix, later serving as Sperrbrecher 36 and Sperrbrecher 136. She was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France on 25 August 1944.
The ship was 71.93 metres (236 ft 0 in) long, with a beam of 9.88 metres (32 ft 5 in) and a depth of 4.14 metres (13 ft 7 in). She was assessed at 999 GRT, 530 NRT. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 55 centimetres (21+3⁄4 in), 91 centimetres (35+4⁄5 in) and 144.9 centimetres (57+1⁄16 in) diameter by 120 centimetres (48 in) stroke. The engine was built by Stettiner Oderwereke. It was rated at 205 nhp and drove a single screw propeller. [1]
Phönix was built by Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin, Germany for Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG, Bremen. [2] She was launched on 28 January 1913. [3] Her port of registry was Bremen and the Code Letters QKGL were allocated. [1]
In 1923, Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG merged with the Roland Line, which was itself absorbed by Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1925/26. Phönix was transferred to Argo Reederei AG in 1933, then to Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co. in 1937. [2] Her Code Letters changed to DOBK in 1934. [4]
On 1 October 1939, Phönix was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a Vorpostenboot. She served with 1 Vorpostenbootflotille as VP-106 Phönix. She was transferred to 3 Sperrbrecherflotille on 1 October 1940 and was designated Sperrbrecher 36, beinhg redesignated Sperrbrecher 136 on 1 August 1941. [3] She was scuttled by her crew at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France on 25 August 1944. [2]
History | |
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Name |
|
Owner |
|
Port of registry | |
Builder | Stettiner Oderwerke |
Launched | 28 January 1913 |
Out of service | 25 August 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Scuttled 25 August 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 999 GRT, 530 NRT |
Length | 71.93 m (236 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 9.86 m (32 ft 4 in) |
Depth | 4.14 m (13 ft 7 in) |
Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine, 205nhp |
Propulsion | Screw propeller |
Phönix was a cargo ship built in 1913 by Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin, Germany for Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG, Bremen, Germany. She served with a number of German shipping lines before being requisitioned in 1939 by the Kriegsmarine as VP-106 Phönix, later serving as Sperrbrecher 36 and Sperrbrecher 136. She was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France on 25 August 1944.
The ship was 71.93 metres (236 ft 0 in) long, with a beam of 9.88 metres (32 ft 5 in) and a depth of 4.14 metres (13 ft 7 in). She was assessed at 999 GRT, 530 NRT. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 55 centimetres (21+3⁄4 in), 91 centimetres (35+4⁄5 in) and 144.9 centimetres (57+1⁄16 in) diameter by 120 centimetres (48 in) stroke. The engine was built by Stettiner Oderwereke. It was rated at 205 nhp and drove a single screw propeller. [1]
Phönix was built by Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin, Germany for Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG, Bremen. [2] She was launched on 28 January 1913. [3] Her port of registry was Bremen and the Code Letters QKGL were allocated. [1]
In 1923, Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG merged with the Roland Line, which was itself absorbed by Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1925/26. Phönix was transferred to Argo Reederei AG in 1933, then to Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co. in 1937. [2] Her Code Letters changed to DOBK in 1934. [4]
On 1 October 1939, Phönix was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a Vorpostenboot. She served with 1 Vorpostenbootflotille as VP-106 Phönix. She was transferred to 3 Sperrbrecherflotille on 1 October 1940 and was designated Sperrbrecher 36, beinhg redesignated Sperrbrecher 136 on 1 August 1941. [3] She was scuttled by her crew at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France on 25 August 1944. [2]