KRIEGSMARINE TENDERS
(Begleitschiffe, Tender)
U-boat tender Saar.
| U-Boat Tender Ships (Unterseebootsbegleitschiffe) |
| Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
| SAAR |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
19.09.1933 |
05.04.1934 |
01.10.1934 |
To France 1947 |
ERWIN WAßNER
(ex-Gran Canaria) |
Deutsche Werft,
Hamburg |
? |
29.01.1938 |
11.01.1939 as UT |
Bombed in Kiel
24.07.1944 |
| WILHELM BAUER |
Howaldtswerke AG,
Kiel |
12.08.1936 |
20.12.1938 |
30.04.1940 |
Bombed at Travermünde
08.04.1945 |
| WALDEMAR KOPHAMEL |
Howaldtswerke AG,
Kiel |
12.08.1937 |
16.05.1939 |
21.10.1940 |
Bombed in Gotenhafen
18.12.1944 |
| OTTO WÜNSCHE |
Howaldtswerke AG,
Kiel |
24.11.1938 |
23.05.1940 |
08.11.1943 |
To USSR 1945 |
| U-Boat Tenders (Unterseebootstender) |
| Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
DONAU
(ex-Nicea) |
Flenderwerke, Lübeck
Oderwerke, Stettin |
19.12.1921 |
26.04.1922
29.04.1938 as UT |
Blown up in Flensburg
14.06.1945 |
ACHERON
(ex-M113) |
H. C. Stülcken Sohn,
Hamburg |
27.05.1919 |
28.04.1920
08.10.1936 as UT |
To USA 1945 |
HAVEL
(ex-M136) |
Frerichs & Co.,
Einswarden |
1919 |
29.08.1938 |
Mined off Hook of Holland
26.07.1940 |
ISAR
(ex-Puma) |
Bremer Vulkan,
Vegesack |
24.10.1930 |
12.1930
25.07.1939 as UT |
To USSR 1946 |
LECH
(ex-Panther) |
Bremer Vulkan,
Vegesack |
09.1930 |
07.10.1930
10.06.1939 as UT |
To USA 1945 |
| MEMEL |
Norderwerft Köser & Meyer,
Hamburg |
1937 |
08.10.1938 |
Mined off Swinemünde
30.01.1945 |
MOSEL
(ex-Frieda) |
F. Lemm,
Boitzenburg |
04.1912 |
1936 as UT |
Mined off Windau
26.09.1941 |
WARNOW
(ex-Vorwärts) |
Bremer Vulkan,
Vegesack |
19.05.1906 |
15.06.1906
29.08.1938 as UT |
To Britain 1945 |
WEICHSEL
(ex-Syra) |
Howaldtswerke AG,
Kiel |
05.1923 |
08.08.1923
1937 as UT |
To Britain 1945 |
| S-Boat Tender Ships (Schnellbootsbegleitschiffe) |
| Name |
Builder |
Laid Down |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
| TSINGTAU |
Blohm & Voss,
Hamburg |
31.10.1933 |
06.06.1934 |
24.09.1939 |
To Britain 1945 |
| TANGA |
Neptun,
Rostock |
13.04.1937 |
04.12.1937 |
21.01.1939 |
Assigned to USA 1945
GMSA 1945-47
Bought by Denmark 1948 |
| ADOLF LÜDERITZ |
Neptun,
Rostock |
1938 |
13.04.1939 |
11.06.1940 |
To USSR 1946 |
| CARL PETERS |
Neptun,
Rostock |
1938 |
20.02.1939 |
06.01.1940 |
Mined in Geltinger Bay
with TFA 3, 14.05.1945 |
| GUSTAV NACHTIGAL |
Cockerill Yards,
Antwerp Hoboken |
1937 |
08.05.1940 |
13.05.1944 |
Torpedoed in North Sea
15.06.1944 |
| HERMANN VON WISSMANN |
Cockerill Yards,
Antwerp Hoboken |
1939 |
26.12.1940 |
16.12.1943 |
To Britain 1945 |
| R-Boat Tender Ships (Räumbootsbegleitschiffe) |
| Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
NETTELBECK
(ex-Zieten, ex-M138) |
J. C. Tecklenborg,
Geestemünde |
17.02.1919 |
21.03.1919
05.03.1936 as TS |
Bombed off Königsberg
1944 |
BROMMY
(ex-M50) |
G. Seebeck,
Geestemünde |
19.08.1916 |
19.09.1916
26.11.1937 as TS |
Sunk in English Channel
15.06.1944 |
VON DER GROEBEN
(ex-M107) |
J. C. Tecklenborg,
Geestemünde |
03.07.1918 |
30.07.1918
15.04.1939 as TS |
Bombed in Boulogne
15.06.1944 |
RAULE
(ex-Wacht, ex-M133) |
Frerichs & Co.,
Einswarden |
1919 |
05.12.1919
24.08.1939 as TS |
Sunk in English Channel
09.05.1942 |
| Fleet Tenders (Flottentender) |
| Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
| HELA |
H. C. Stülcken Sohn,
Hamburg |
29.12.1938 |
16.10.1940 |
To USSR 1945 |
GAZELLE
(ex-Hela, ex-M135) |
Frerichs & Co.,
Einswarden |
15.03.1919 |
31.10.1919
02.01.1939 as FT |
To USSR 1945 |
HAI
(ex-F3) |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
01.06.1935 |
07.03.1936 |
Bombed in Kiel 05.05.1945 |
HECHT
(ex-M60) |
G. Seebeck,
Geestemünde |
28.11.1917 |
15.01.1918
29.08.1938 as FT |
To USSR 1945 |
JAGD
(ex-M82) |
G. Seebeck,
Geestemünde |
08.09.1919 |
08.11.1919
1938 as FT |
To USA 1945 |
| Minesweeper Depot Ships (Minenräumschiffe) |
| Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
MRS 3
(ex-Bali) |
Swan Hunter & Wigham
Richardson, Newcastle |
04.1928 |
26.03.1941 as MRS |
To Norway 1945 |
MRS 4
(ex-Paris) |
Akers mekaniske Verksted,
Oslo |
1922 |
03.06.1941 as MRS |
Sunk 12.03.1945 |
MRS 11
(ex-Osnabrück) |
Deschimag, Bremen |
16.03.1935 |
14.10.1939 |
Mined north of Reval
(Tallinn), 11.06.1942 |
MRS 12
(ex-Nürnberg) |
Bremer Vulkan,
Vegesack |
24.03.1936 |
14.10.1939 |
GMSA 1945 |
MRS 25
(ex-Rio) |
A/S Moss Værft & Dokk,
Moss |
20.04.1939 |
14.03.1943 as MRS |
GMSA 1945 |
MRS 26
|
A/S Moss Værft & Dokk,
Moss |
20.04.1939 |
16.06.1944 as MRS |
Bombed by Soviet aircraft
27.10.1944 |
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