Английская Википедия:German weather ship WBS 8 August Wriedt

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August Wriedt was a weather ship built in 1929 as the fishing vessel Dolly Kühling. She was renamed August Wriedt in 1935. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 and captured by Шаблон:HMS on 29 May 1941. She served as HMS Maria, a wreck dispersal vessel, until 1950 and was scrapped in 1951.

Description

The ship was Шаблон:Convert long, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert. She had a depth of Шаблон:Convert. She was assessed at Шаблон:GRT, Шаблон:NRT. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller, which gave her a speed Шаблон:Convert. The engine, rated at 88nhp, was built by the Ottensener Maschinenbau GmbH, Altona, Hamburg.[1][2]

She was rebuilt in 1937, which increased her length to Шаблон:Convert and her tonnage to Шаблон:GRT.[2]

History

Dolly Kühling was built as yard number 277 in 1929 by the Schiffswerft von Henry Koch AG,[2] Lübeck as a fishing trawler for the Hochseefisherei J. Wieting AG.[1] She was launched on 6 March 1929 and was completed later that month.[2] Her port of registry was Bremerhaven and the Code Letters QVMR were allocated.[1] In 1932, she was sold to the Hansa-Hochseefischerei. Her port of registry was changed to Cuxhaven.[3] In 1934, she was sold to the Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefisherei, Cuxhaven. Her Code Letters were changed to DHFI.[4] She was renamed August Wriedt on 21 May 1935.[5] On 22 February 1937, a crewman was killed in an accident at Aberdeen, United Kingdom when his clothing became caught in a winch.[6]

In 1940, August Wriedt was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine.[2] She served as the weather ship WBS 8 August Wriedt. On 29 May 1941, August Wriedt was intercepted and captured in the Atlantic Ocean by Шаблон:HMS shortly after leaving Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[7][8][9][10] a prize crew took her to St. John's, Newfoundland.[10] She was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Maria in 1942,[2] serving as a wreck dispersal vessel.[10] HMS Maria was sold out of service in 1950.[5] She was scrapped in June 1951.[2]

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