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Name	A. R. Giese (1934–35) Saarland (1934–44)
Owner	Reederei Siebert & Co. (1934–39) Kriegsmarine (1939–44)
Port of registry	Wesermünde, Germany (1934–39) Kriegsmarine (1939–44)
Builder	Deschimag Seebeckwerft
Yard number	520
Launched	27 June 1934
Completed	4 August 1934
Commissioned	25 September 1939
Out of service	26 August 1944
Identification	Fishing boat registration PG 416 (1934–39) Code Letters DEWJ Pennant Number V 407 (1939) Pennant Number V 411 (1939–44)
General characteristics
Type	Fishing trawler (1934–39) Vorpostenboot (1939–44)
Tonnage	435 GRT, 162 NRT
Length	51.35 metres (168 ft 6 in)
Beam	8.00 metres (26 ft 3 in)
Draught	4.65 metres (15 ft 3 in)
Depth	3.74 metres (12 ft 3 in)
Installed power	Triple expansion steam engine, 91nhp
Propulsion	Single screw propeller
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)

Saarland was a German fishing trawler that was built as A. R. Giese. Renamed in 1935, she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as a Vorpostenboot. She served as V 407 Saarland and V 411 Saarland. She was sunk in the Gironde in 1944 by a boiler explosion.

Description

The ship was 51.35 metres (168 ft 6 in) long, with a beam of 8.00 metres (26 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 3.74 metres (12 ft 3 in) and a draught of 4.5 metres (14 ft 9 in).^[1] She was assessed at 435 GRT, 162 NRT. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 35 centimetres (13+3⁄4 in), 55 centimetres (21+5⁄8 in) and 90 centimetres (35+7⁄16 in) diameter by 65 centimetres (25+9⁄16 in) stroke. The engine was made by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde, Germany. It was rated at 91nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller driven via a low pressure turbine, double reduction gearing and a hydraulic coupling.^[2] It could propel the ship at 12 knots (22 km/h).^[1]

History

The ship was built as yard number 520 by Deschimag Seekbeckwerft, Wesermünde for the Reederei Siebert & Co., Wesermünde. She was launched on 27 June 1934 and completed on 4 August. The fishing boat registration PG 416 was allocated.^[3] She was allocated the Code Letters DEWJ.^[2] On 22 January 1935, she was renamed Saarland.^[1]

Saarland was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on 25 September 1939 for use as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated to 4 Vorpostenflotille as V 407 Saarland. On 16 October she was redesignated V 411 Saarland.^[4] On 26 August 1944, she was attacked at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde, France by Bristol Beaufighter aircraft of 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force and 404 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.^[5] She suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Gironde.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gröner 1993, p. 205.
^ ^a ^b "A. R. Giese (68211)" (PDF). Lloyd's Register: Trawlers &c. A (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1934–1935. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
^ Gröner 1993, pp. 205, 212.
^ ^a ^b Gröner 1993, p. 212.
^ Rohwer, Jürgen; Gerhard Hümmelchen. "Seekrieg 1944, August". Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2015.

Sources

Gröner, Erich (1993). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German). Vol. 8/I: Flußfahrzeuge, Ujäger, Vorpostenboote, Hilfsminensucher, Küstenschutzverbände (Teil 1). Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. ISBN 3-7637-4807-5.

v t e Vorpostenboote of the Kriegsmarine
List of Vorpostenboote in World War II
1 Vorpostenflotille	V 101 Schwan V 102 Cressida V 103 Sylvia V 104 Falke V 105 Cremon V 106 Phönix V 107 Botilla Russ V 108 Friedrich Karl V 108 Porjus V 109 Flamingo
2 Vorpostenflotille	V 201 Seydlitz V 202 Franz Westermann V 203 Heinrich Buermann V 204 Dorum V 205 Hermann Bösch V 206 Gauleiter Telschow V 207 Otto Bröhan V 208 Gebrüder Kähler V 209 Carl Röver V 209 Dr. Rudolf Wahrendorff V 210 R. Walther Darré V 211 Friedrich Busse V 212 Hinrich Hey V 213 Claus Bolten V 213 Zieten V 214 Spica V 214 Teutonia V 215 Baden V 215 Hela V 215 Oliva V 216 Goëland V 222 V 223 V 224 V 225 V 226 V 227
3 Vorpostenflotille	V 301 Weser V 302 Bremen V 303 Tannenberg V 304 Breslau V 305 Ostpreussen V 306 Fritz Hincke V 307 Württemberg V 308 Oscar Neynaber V 309 Martin Donandt V 310 Rosemarie V 311 Osdorf V 312 Hanseat V 313 Eifel V 314 Heinrich Lehnert V 315 Bris V 316 V 317 Wega
4 Vorpostenflotille	V 401 Nordland V 401 Dr. Adolf Spilker V 402 Hans Loh V 403 Germania V 404 Deutschland V 404 Baden V 405 J. Hinrich Wilhelms V 406 Jan Mayen V 407 Saarland V 407 Dorum V 408 Haltenbank V 409 August Bösch V 412 Bremerhaven V 413 Ferdinand Niedermeyer V 414 Sachsenwald V 415 <i>Gotland</i> V 420 Alcyon V 421 Rauzan V 422 Kergroise V 423 Keryado II V 424 Carl J. Busch V 427 Victoire V 430 V 431 V 432 V 433 V 434 V 435
5 Vorpostengruppe	Wandrahm Birka Neuss Nerissa
6 Vorpostengruppe	Dr. Heinrich Wiegand Jupiter <i>Möwe</i> Oldenburg Schürbek
6 Vorpostenflotille	V 601 Dr. Heinrich Wiegand V 602 Richard C. Krogmann V 603 Carsten V 604 Fritz Reiser V 605 Arthur Duncker V 606 Fladengrund V 607 Düsseldorf V 620 Derfflinger V 621 Mars V 622 Almuth V 623 Jupiter V 624 Köln V 625 Johann Schulte V 626 <i>Le Tésterin</i> V 627 <i>Elise</i> V 628 <i>De Ruyter</i>
7 Vorpostenflotille	V 701 <i>Este</i> V 702 <i>Memel</i> V 703 <i>Henry Fricke</i> V 704 <i>Claus Wisch</i> V 704 Richard C. Krogmann V 705 Carsten V 706 Fritz Reiser V 707 Arthur Duncker V 708 Fladengrund V 709 <i>Guido Möhring</i> V 710 Düsseldorf V 711 <i>Senator Predöhl</i> V 712 V 712 <i>Chemnitz</i> V 713 <i>Leipzig</i> V 714 V 715 <i>Alfred I</i> V 716 <i>Alfred II</i> V 717 <i>Alfred III</i> V 718 V 719 V 720 V 721 V 722 <i>Pilote XIII</i> V 723 <i>Jeanne Marie</i> V 724 <i>St. Dominique</i> V 725 <i>Petit Poilu</i> V 726 <i>Antifer</i> V 727 Goëland V 728 <i>Vierge de Nassabielle</i> V 729 <i>Marie Simone</i> V 730<i> Michel François</i>
8 Vorpostenflotille	V 801 <i>Bayern</i> V 801 Max Gundelach V 801 <i>Stoomloodsvartuig 17</i> V 802 <i>Sagitta</i> V 803 <i>Stuttgart</i> V 803 <i>Wiesbaden</i> V 804 Skolpenbank V 804 Spica V 805 <i>Island</i> V 805 <i>MFL 8</i> V 806 <i>Stuttgart</i> V 807 <i>Auguste Kämpf</i> V 807 <i>MFL 1</i> V 808 <i>Reichspräsident von Hindenburg</i> V 808 <i>Ehrensburger</i> V 809 <i>Konsul Dubbers</i> V 810 <i>Falkland</i> V 811 Hugo Homann V 811 <i>Claus Ebeling</i> V 812 <i>Amtsgerichsrat Pitschke</i> V 813 <i>Otto Krogmann</i> V 814 <i>Gotland</i> Schiff 7 Wega
9 Vorpostenflotille	V 901 <i>Senator Sprecher</i> V 902 <i>Senator Sachse</i> V 903 <i>Mainz</i> V 904 <i>Else Wilhelms</i> V 905 <i>Karl Bergh</i> V 906 <i>Schwalbe</i> V 907 <i>Spessart</i> V 907 <i>N. Elbing</i> V 908 <i>Claus Ebeling</i> V 909 <i>Flensburg</i> V 910 V 911 V 912 V 913 V 914 V 915 V 916 V 917
10 Vorpostenflotille	V 1001 <i>Thüringen</i> V 1001 <i>Stettin</i> V 1002 <i>Tilly</i> V 1002 <i>A. Kappelhof</i> V 1003 <i>Welle</i> V 1003 <i>Hanna</i> V 1004 <i>Johanna</i> V 1004 <i>Anna</i> V 1005 <i>Cremona</i> V 1005 <i>Amalie</i> V 1006 <i>Hayo</i> V 1006 <i>Elfriede</i> V 1007 <i>Käthe</i> V 1007 <i>Gesine</i> V 1008 <i>Walküre</i> V 1008 <i>Marie</i> V 1009 <i>Gertrud</i> V 1009 <i> Cornelia</i> V 1010 <i>Allegro</i> V 1010 <i>Martha</i> V 1011 <i>Altair</i> V 1011 <i>Adeline</i> V 1012 <i>Anna Marie</i> V 1012 <i>Erika</i> V 1013 <i>Herinrich Brons</i> V 1014 <i>Richard Ohlrogge</i> V 1014 <i>Kiel</i>
11 Vorpostenflotille	V 1101 Preußen V 1102 <i>Gleiwitz</i> V 1102 <i>Lützow</i> V 1102 <i>Nordkap</i> V 1103 <i>Reemt</i> V 1102 <i>Ernst von Briesen</i> V 1102 <i>Weißenfels</i> V 1102 <i>Ernst Gröschel</i> V 1105 <i>Jochen Homann</i> V 1106 <i>Heinrich Bueren</i> V 1106 <i>Neufundland</i> V 1107 <i>Portland</i> V 1108 <i>Arctur</i> V 1109 <i>Antares</i> V 1109 <i>Mahren</i> V 1110 <i>Hermann Hinrichs</i> V 1111 <i>Christian Wendig</i> V 1112 V 1113 V 1114 V 1115
12 Vorpostenflotille	V 1201 <i>Düneck</i> V 1201 <i>Juno</i> V 1201 <i>De Mok I</i> V 1202 <i>Angelina</i> V 1202 <i>Friedrich Suthmeier</i> V 1203 <i>Annemarie</i> V 1203 <i>G. F. Zimmermenn</i> V 1204 <i>Armin</i> V 1204 <i>C. H. Metger</i> V 1204 <i>Christiane Cécile</i> V 1205 <i>Germania</i> V 1205 <i>Ravensburg</i> V 1206 <i>Maria Lina</i> V 1206 <i>Ministerialdirektor Streil</i> V 1207 <i>Emil</i> V 1207 <i>P. von Rensen</i> V 1208 <i>Elternsegen</i> V 1208 <i>Heinrich Kappelhoff</i> V 1209 <i>Jacobus</i> V 1209 <i>H. Bramfeldt</i> V 1210 <i>Anita III</i> V 1210 <i>D. Dreesmann Penning</i> V 1211 <i>Meta Osterwisch</i> V 1211 <i>Leo Fürbinger</i> V 1212 <i>Anna</i> V 1212 <i>L. Ruyl</i> V 1213 <i>Fro</i> V 1214 <i>Joannes Georgius</i> V 1214 <i>St. Joachim</i> V 1215 <i>Hennie</i> V 1216 <i>Marie</i> V 1217 <i>Frida</i> V 1218 V 1219 V 1220 V 1221 V 1222 V 1223 V 1224 V 1225 V 1226 V 1227 V 1228 V 1229 V 1230 V 1231 <i>Toni</i> V 1232 <i>Elise</i> V 1233 <i>Vooruit</i> V 1234 <i>Koningin Emma</i> V 1235 <i>Columbus</i> V 1236 '<i>Flevo III</i> V 1236 <i>Augusta</i> V 1237 <i>Notre Dame de Dunes</i> V 1238 <i>Voorloper</i> V 1239 <i>Vooran</i> V 1240 <i>Therese</i> V 1241 <i>Stangenwalde</i> V 1242 <i>Marie Henriette</i> V 1243 <i>Hohenstein</i> V 1244 V 1245 V 1246 V 1247 V 1248 V 1249 <i>Mewa VIII</i> V 1250 V 1251 V 1252 V 1253 <i>Essen</i> V 1254 <i>Hermann Garrels</i> V 1255 <i>Ernst Hecht</i> V 1256 <i>Heinrich Onnen</i> V 1256 V 1257 V 1258 V 1259 V 1260 <i>Gebroeders</i> V 1261 <i>Vooruit</i> V 1262 <i>Verwachting</i> V 1263 V 1264 V 1265 <i>Dr. Eichelbaum</i> V 1265 V 1266 V 1267 V 1268 V 1269 V 1270 V 1271 V 1272 V 1273 V 1274
13 Vorpostenflotille	V 1300 <i>Stoomloodsvartuig 17</i> V 1301 <i>Uranus</i> V 1302 John Mahn V 1303 <i>Freiburg</i> V 1304 <i>Eisenach</i> V 1305 <i>Wuppertal</i> V 1306 <i>Otto Krogmann</i> V 1307 <i>Stettin</i> V 1308 <i>Bredebeck</i> V 1309 <i>Kapitän Stemmer</i> V 1310 <i>Deister</i> V 1310 <i>Gotland</i> V 1311 <i>Döse</i> V 1312 <i>Hermann Siebert</i> V 1313 <i>Uran</i> V 1314 <i>Gustav Hugo Deiters</i> V 1315 <i>Karlsburg</i> V 1316 <i>Emil Colsmann</i> V 1317 <i>Wilhelm Michaelsen</i> V 1318 <i>Hans Pickenpack</i> V 1330 <i>Cyclop</i> V 1331 <i>Limburgia</i> V 1332 <i>Norma Maria</i> V 1333 <i>Zeemeeuw</i> V 1334 <i>Witte Zee</i> V 1335 <i>Adelante</i> V 1336 <i>J. S. Groen</i> V 1337 <i>Irene</i> V 1337 Victoire V 1338 <i>Azimuth</i> V 1339 <i>Stoomloodsvartuig 12</i> V 1340 <i>Delft</i>
14 Vorpostenflotille	V 1401 <i>Deister</i> V 1402 <i>Hermann Siebert</i> V 1403 <i>B 1687</i> V 1403 <i>Simone Marie</i> V 1404 <i>B 1557</i> V 1404 <i>Christiane Cécile</i> V 1405 <i>Ritzebüttel</i> V 1406 <i>Frankfurt</i> V 1407 <i>Kurland</i> V 1408 <i>Aue ZRD 16</i> V 1408 <i>Cyclop</i> V 1409 <i>IJM 54</i> V 1409 <i>Limburgia</i> V 1410 <i>IJM 6</i> V 1410 <i>Norma Maria</i> V 1411 <i>ZRD 19</i> V 1411 <i>Zeemeeuw</i> V 1412 <i>Witte Zee</i> V 1413 <i>IJM 19</i> V 1413 <i>Adelante</i> V 1414 <i>IJM 130</i> V 1414 <i>J. S. Groen</i> V 1415 <i>IJM 195</i> V 1415 <i>Azimuth</i> V 1416 <i>IJM 89</i> V 1416 <i>Irene</i> V 1417 <i>Stoomloodsvartuig 11</i> V 1418 <i>Frans Naerebout</i> V 1419 Victoire V 1420 <i>B 339</i> V 1420 <i>Saint Joachim</i> V 1421 <i>Deltra II</i> V 1422 <i>B 1402</i> V 1422 <i>Michel François</i> V 1423 <i>B 3059</i> V 1423 <i>Emmanuella</i> V 1424 <i>Le Cid</i> V 1425 <i>LR 3306</i> V 1425 <i>Banderole</i> V 1426 <i>Antoinette</i>
15 Vorpostenflotille	PA 1 PA 2 <i>PA 3</i> <i>PA 4</i> V 1507 <i>Wiking 7</i> V 1506 Wiking 6 V 1503 Wiking 10 V 1504 Wiking 8 V 1505 <i>Wal 8</i> V 1506 <i>Wal 9</i> V 1507 Rau VI V 1507 <i>Rau I</i> V 1508 <i>Rau III</i> V 1509 <i>Rau II</i> V 1510 <i>Unitas 6</i> V 1511 <i>Rau IV</i> V 1511 <i>Unitas 7</i> V 1512 Unitas 8 V 1513 <i>Linz</i> V 1514 <i>Beuthen</i> V 1514 <i>Rothienbaum</i> V 1516 <i>Rouen</i> V 1517 <i>Kerdonis II</i> V 1520 <i>Loodsboot 6</i> V 1521 <i>Vimy</i> V 1522 <i>Dauphin</i> V 1523 Deltra I V 1524 <i>Patrice</i> V 1525 <i>Eglantine</i> V 1530 V 1531 V 1532 V 1533 V 1534 V 1535 V 1536 V 1537 V 1538 V 1539 V 1540 V 1541 V 1548 <i>Gebrüder Kähler</i> V 1549 <i>Berlebeck</i> V 1549 <i>Hoheweg</i>
16 Vorpostengruppe	<i>Altenland</i> <i>Koblenz</i> <i>Schleswig</i>
16 Vorpostenflotille	V 1601 <i>Skorpion</i> V 1601 <i>Lindormen</i> V 1602 <i>La Provence</i> V 1603 <i>Termidor</i> V 1604 <i>Natter</i> V 1605 <i>Alma</i> V 1605 Mosel V 1605 <i>Girolou</i> V 1606 <i>Julius Fock</i> V 1607 <i>Nord Caper</i> V 1608 <i>Sülldorf</i> V 1609 <i>Othmarschen</i> V 1610 <i>Innsbruck</i> V 1611 <i>Forst</i> V 1612 <i>Gotha</i> V 1613 <i>Jane</i> V 1614 <i>Tormilind</i> V 1614 <i>Neerlandia</i> V 1615 <i>Tietie</i> V 1616 <i>Pirola</i> V 1617 <i>Jaweg</i> V 1620 <i>KOL 15</i> V 1621 <i>SAG 29</i> V 162 <i>PIL 29</i> V 162 <i>PIL 76</i>
17 Vorpostenflotille	V 1701 <i>Unitas 2</i> V 1701 <i>Bahrenfeld</i> V 1702 <i>Unitas 3</i> V 1703 Unitas 4 V 1704 Unitas 5 V 1705 <i>Rau XI</i> V 1706 <i>Rau XII</i> V 1707 <i>Wiking 4</i> V 1708 <i>Süd III</i> V 1709 <i>Wal 1</i> V 1710 <i>Natter</i> V 1715 <i>KOL 15</i> V 1716 <i>SAG 29</i> V 1717 <i>PIL 29</i> V 1718 <i>PIL 76</i>
18 Vorpostengruppe	<i>Julius Pickenpack</i> Schiff 7 Wega <i>Wilhelm Huth</i>
18 Vorpostenflotille	V 1801 <i>Lutteur</i> V 1801 Wandrahm V 1802 <i>Orient</i> V 1803 <i>Le Havre de Grace</i> V 1804 <i>Excellent</i> V 1805 <i>Senateur Louis Brindeau</i> V 1806 <i>Surmulet</i> V 1807 <i>Wagram</i> V 1808 <i>Dortmund</i> V 1809 <i>Henry P. Newman</i> V 1810 <i>Condor</i> V 1811 <i>Sylt</i> V 1812 <i>Halle</i> V 1813 <i>Thothn</i> V 1814 <i>Linz</i> V 1815 <i>Loodsboot 6</i> V 1816 <i>Dauphine</i> V 1817 <i>Eglantine</i>
19 Vorpostenflotille	V 1901 <i>Präsident Mutzenbecher</i> V 1901 <i>Richard Ohlrogge</i> V 1902 <i>Amsel</i> V 1903 <i>Fink</i> V 1904 <i>Stieglitz</i> V 1905 <i>Iltis</i> V 1906 <i>Gunther</i> V 1907 <i>Emden</i> V 1908 <i>Kranich</i> V 1909 <i>Brunhild</i> V 1910 <i>Wellgunde</i> V 1911 <i>Johann Georg</i> V 1912 <i>Fortuna</i> V 1913 <i>Leer</i> V 1914 <i>Alma II</i> V 1915 <i>Girolou</i> V 1916 <i>Weser I</i> V 1921 <i>Habicht</i> V 1922 <i>Nürnberg</i> V 1923 <i>Ostpreußen</i> V 1925 <i>Unitas 9</i> V 1926 <i>Ernst Schweckendieck</i> V 1927 <i>Johann Wessels</i>
20 Vorpostenflotille	V 2001 <i>Pastor Pype</i> V 2001 <i>Uranus</i> V 2002 <i>Madeleine Louise</i> V 2002 <i>Uran</i> V 2003 <i>Loodsboot 7</i> V 2004 <i>Loodsboot 12</i> V 2005 <i>Simone Marie</i> V 2006 <i>Christine Cécile</i> V 2007 <i>Hannover</i> V 2008 <i>Ritzebüttel</i> V 2009 <i>Niedersachsen</i> V 2010 <i>Frankfurt</i> V 2011 <i>Borkum</i> V 2012 <i>Kurland</i> V 2013 <i>Ekwator</i> V 2014 <i>Karel</i> V 2015 V 2016 V 2017 V 2018 <i>Vogtland</i> V 2019 <i>Seefahrt</i> V 2020 <i>Alexander Becker</i> V 2021 <i>Nürnberg</i> V 2022 <i>Emil Colsmann</i> V 2023 <i>Karlsburg</i>
51 Vorpostenflotille	V 5101 <i>Donner</i> V 5101 <i>Tornado</i> V 5101 <i>Blitz</i> V 5102 Orkan V 5103 <i>Taifun</i> V 5103 <i>Riese</i> V 5104 <i>Wirbel</i> V 5106 <i>Sturm</i> V 5106 Sindbad V 5107 <i>Sturm</i> V 5107 <i>Kormoran</i> V 5107 <i>Karmöy</i> V 5108 <i>Föhn</i> V 5108 <i>Kiebitz</i> V 5109 <i>Kranich</i> V 5109 <i>Eber</i> V 5110 <i>Marabu</i> V 5110 <i>Elch</i> V 5111 <i>Odin</i> V 5112 <i>Tiu</i> V 5113 <i>Donar</i> V 5114 <i>Baldur</i> V 5115 <i>Frija</i> V 5116 <i>Unitas 1</i>
53 Vorpostenflotille	V 5301 <i>Flamingo</i> V 5301 <i>Reiher</i> V 5301 <i>Seeteufel</i> V 5302 <i>Kranich</i> V 5302 <i>Seelöwe</i> V 5303 <i>Marabu</i> V 5303 <i>Sturmvogel</i> V 5303 <i>Seebär</i> V 5304 <i>Kormoran</i> V 5304 <i>Kiebetz</i> V 5304 <i>Seehund</i> V 5305 <i>Schnepfe</i> V 5305 <i>Jäger</i> V 5306 <i>Brachvogel</i> V 5306 <i>Schütze</i> V 5307 <i>Felix Scheder</i> V 5308 <i>O. B. Rogge</i> V 5309 <i>Seerobbe</i> V 5310 <i>Seewolf</i> V 5311 <i>Seeotter</i> V 5312 <i>Brachvogel</i> V 5313 <i>Star XXIII</i>
55 Vorpostenflotille	V 5501 <i>Bussard</i> V 5501 Zick V 5501 <i>Ratte</i> V 5501 <i>Seeteufel</i> V 5502 <i>Sperber</i> V 5502 <i>M253</i> V 5502 <i>Zack</i> V 5502 <i>Biber</i> V 5502 <i>KFK1</i> V 5502 <i>Snøgg</i> V 5503 <i>Habicht</i> V 5503 <i>Otter</i> V 5504 <i>Sperber</i> V 5504 <i>S12</i> V 5504 <i>Marder</i> V 5505 <i>Adler</i> V 5505 <i>Wiesel</i> V 5506 <i>Rabe</i> V 5506 <i>Felix Scheder</i> V 5506 <i>KFK332</i> V 5507 <i>Krähe</i> V 5507 <i>O. B. Rogge</i> V 5507 <i>S10</i> V 5507 <i>Bisam</i> V 5508 <i>Elster</i> V 5508 <i>Seelöwe</i> V 5508 <i>Frettchen</i> V 5509 <i>S14</i> V 5509 <i>Murmel</i> V 5510 <i>S15</i> V 5510 <i>S13</i> V 5510 <i>Marabu</i> V 5511 <i>S16</i> V 5511 <i>Moskito</i> V 5512 <i>Grenadier</i> V 5513 <i>Libelle</i> V 5514 <i>Hornisse</i> V 5515 <i>Ulan</i> V 5516 <i>Flamingo</i> V 5517 <i>Natter</i> V 5518 <i>Reiher</i> V 5519 <i>Tarantel</i> V 5520 <i>Adler</i> V 5525 V 5531
57 Vorpostenflotille	V 5701 <i>Thüringen</i> V 5702 <i>Eupen</i> V 5702 <i>Grane</i> V 5703 <i>Elsass</i> V 5703 <i>Lothringen</i> V 5704 <i>Warthegau</i> V 5705 <i>Elsaß</i> V 5706 <i>Ostmark</i> V 5707 <i>Südwind</i> V 5711 <i>Steiermark</i> V 5712 <i>Kärnten</i> V 5713 <i>Sudetenland</i> V 5714 <i>Tirol</i> V 5715 <i>Skaggerak</i> V 5716 <i>Flandern</i> V 5717 Fritz Homann V 5718 <i>Coburg</i> V 5719 <i>Markomanne</i> V 5720 <i>Normanne</i> V 5721 <i>Turinge</i> V 5722 <i>Hornack</i> V 5723 <i>Möwe</i>
59 Vorpostenflotille	V 5901 <i>Bussard</i> V 5901 <i>Falkland</i> V 5902 <i>Rabe</i> V 5902 <i>Polarsonne</i> V 5903 <i>Elster</i> V 5903 <i>Polarfront</i> V 5904 <i>Sperber</i> V 5904 <i>Polarnacht</i> V 5905 <i>Habicht</i> V 5905 <i>Nordriff</i> V 5905 <i>Varanger</i> V 5906 <i>Krähe</i> V 5906 <i>Nordpol</i> V 5907 <i>Geier</i> V 5907 <i>Südwind</i> V 5908 <i>Penang</i> V 5908 Togo V 5909 <i>Coronel</i> V 5909 <i>Jan Mayen</i> V 5910 <i>Westwind</i> V 5911 <i>Gauleiter Bohle</i> V 5911 <i>Nordkap</i> V 5912 <i>Köln</i> V 5912 <i>Polarstern</i> V 5913 <i>Wilhelm Söhle</i> V 5913 <i>Polarkreis</i> V 5914 <i>Vardö</i> V 5914 <i>Polarmeer</i> V 5915 <i>Heinrich Baumgarten</i> V 5916 <i>Yock</i> V 5917 <i>Othmarschen</i> V 5918 <i>Jane</i>
61 Vorpostenflotille	V 6101 <i>Polarfuchs</i> V 6101 <i>Nordkap</i> V 6101 <i>Gauleiter Bohle</i> V 6101 <i>Wal 10</i> V 6102 <i>Köln</i> V 6102 <i>Polarstern</i> V 6102 <i>Wal 11</i> V 6103 <i>Nordlicht</i> V 6104 <i>Windhuk</i> V 6104 <i>Wien</i> V 6105 Samoa V 6105 <i>Holstein</i> V 6106 <i>Kiautschou</i> V 6106 <i>Tirol</i> V 6107 <i>Polarkreis</i> V 6107 <i>Wilhelm Söhle</i> V 6107 <i>Franke</i> V 6108 <i>Polarmeer</i> V 6108 <i>Vardö</i> V 6109 <i>Nordwind</i> V 6110 <i>Nordkyn</i> V 6112 Friese V 6111 <i>Masuren</i> V 6112 <i>Gote</i> V 6113 <i>Alane</i> V 6114 <i>Duiveland</i> V 6114 Eismeer V 6115 <i>Salier</i> V 6115 <i>Ostwind</i> V 6115 <i>Helgoland</i> V 6116 <i>Ubier</i> V 6116 <i>Doggerbank</i> V 6117 <i>Cherusker</i> V 6118 <i>Gallipoli</i> V 6119 <i>Auk</i>
63 Vorpostenflotille	V 6301 <i>Krebs</i> V 6302 <i>Widder</i> V 6303 <i>Stier</i> V 6304 <i>Waage</i> V 6305 <i>Frauke</i> V 6306 <i>Orion</i> V 6307 <i>Mob-FD 2 Jupiter</i> V 6308 <i>Mob-FD 1 Saturn</i> V 6309 <i>Mob-FD 3 Mars</i> V 6310 <i>Nordkap</i> V 6311 <i>Polarstern</i> V 6312 <i>Polarmeer</i> V 6313 <i>Westwind</i> V 6314 <i>Löwe</i> V 6315 <i>Wal 10</i> V 6316 <i>Wal 11</i> V 6321 V 6322 V 6323 V 6324 V 6325 V 6326 V 6327 V 6328 <i>Kormoran</i> V 6329 <i>Kranich</i> V 6330 V 6331 V 6332
64 Vorpostenflotille	V 6401 <i>Hagen</i> V 6402 <i>Hersing</i> V 6403 <i>Hildebrand</i> V 6404 <i>Midlum</i> V 6405 <i>Hermann</i> V 6406 <i>Hundius</i> V 6407 <i>Falke</i> V 6408 <i>Skagerak</i> V 6409 <i>Cimber</i> V 6411 <i>Thor</i> V 6412 <i>Frigga</i> V 6413 <i>Fro</i> V 6414 <i>Seeschwalbe</i> V 6415 <i>Kondor</i> V 6416 <i>Albatros</i> V 6417 <i>Loki</i> V 6421 V 6422 V 6423 V 6424 V 6425 V 6426 V 6427 V 6428 V 6429 V 6430 V 6431 V 6432 V 6433 V 6434 V 6435 V 6436 V 6437 V 6438 V 6439 V 6440 V 6441 V 6442 V 6443 V 6444 V 6445 V 6446 V 6447 V 6448 V 6449 V 6450
65 Vorpostenflotille	V 6501 <i>Samoa</i> V 6502 <i>Kiautschou</i> V 6503 <i>Star 14</i> V 6504 <i>Claus Ebeling</i> V 6505 <i>Rau IX</i> V 6506 <i>Torlyn</i> V 6507 <i>Othmarschen</i> V 6508 <i>Jane</i> V 6509 <i>Habicht</i> V 6510 <i>Celle</i> V 6511 <i>Salier</i> V 6512 Togo V 6513 <i>Elster</i> V 6514 <i>Krähe</i> V 6515 <i>Hast I</i> V 6516 <i>KFK123</i> V 6517 V 6521 V 6522 V 6523 V 6524 V 6525 V 6526 V 6527 V 6528 V 6529 V 6530 V 6531 V 6532 V 6533 V 6534 V 6535 V 6541 <i>Drott</i>
66 Vorpostenflotille	V 6601 <i>Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde</i> V 6602 <i>Rother Adler</i> V 6603 <i>Güldener Löwe</i> V 6604 <i>Churprinz</i> V 6605 <i>Markgraf von Hindenburg</i> V 6606 <i>Wappen von Hamburg</i> V 6607 <i>Charlotte Sophie</i> V 6608 <i>Steiermark</i> V 6609 <i>Kärnten</i> V 6610 <i>Sudetenland</i> V 6611 V 6612 V 6613 V 6614 V 6615 V 6616 V 6617 V 6621 <i>Dorothea</i> V 6622 <i>Rummelpott</i>
67 Vorpostenflotille	V 6701 <i>Rotges</i> V 6702 <i>Windhuk</i> V 6703 V 6704 V 6705 V 6706 V 6707 V 6708 V 6709 V 6710 V 6711 V 6712 V 6713 V 6714 V 6715 V 6716 V 6717 V 6718 V 6719 V 6720 V 6721 V 6722 V 6723 V 6724 V 6725 V 6726 V 6728 <i>Kormoran</i> V 6729 <i>Kranich</i> V 6730 <i>Polarfuchs</i> V 6731 V 6732 V 6733 <i>Widder</i> V 6734 <i>Stier</i> V 6735 <i>Löwe</i>
68 Vorpostenflotille	V 6801 <i>Viking</i> V 6802 <i>Flame</i> V 6803 <i>Burgunder</i> V 6804 <i>Sachse</i> V 6805 <i>Geuse</i> V 6806 <i>Alemanne</i> V 6807 <i>Teutone</i> V 6808 <i>Rugier</i> V 6811 V 6812 V 6813 V 6814 V 6815 V 6816
7 & 13 Sicherungsflotille	V 7001 <i>Francis Simone</i> V 7002 <i>Ste Jeanne d'Arc</i> V 7003 <i>Petit Jesus</i> V 7004 <i>St Joseph</i> V 7005 <i>St Casimir</i> V 7006 <i>St Louis</i> V 7007 <i>A la Volonté de Dieux</i> V 7008 <i>St Raphael</i> V 7009 <i>St Antonie</i> V 7010 <i>Volonté de la Vierge Marie</i> V 7011 <i>Phoque</i> V 7012 <i>Jeanne et Marie</i> V 7013 <i>Louise Elise</i> V 7014 <i>Jesus Nazareth</i> V 7015 <i>Ste Madeleine</i> V 7016 <i>Joseph François</i> V 7017 <i>St Come et Damien</i> V 7018 <i>St Christophe</i> V 7019 <i>SG 2</i> V 7020 V 7021 V 7022
Vessels are listed under their first designation within each Vorpostenflotille. Subsequent changes in pennant numbers not shown.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in August 1944
Shipwrecks	2 Aug: USS Fiske 3 Aug: HMS Quorn 4 Aug: Tannenfels, Matsu 5 Aug: Mefküre, U-671 6 Aug: Empire City, Sachsenwald, Thétis, U-471, U-736, U-952, U-969, V 215 Oliva 7 Aug: Amsterdam, Empire Day, Nagara 8 Aug: Conte Verde, HMCS Regina, Tama Maru No. 6, V 404 Falke 9 Aug: Spichern 10 Aug: U-608 11 Aug: V 623 Jupiter, U-385, U-967 12 Aug: T-114, T-118, U-198, U-981, V 410 Germania 13 Aug: USS Flier, U-270, V 1101 Preußsen 14 Aug: V 605 Arthur Duncker, Gueydon, U-618 15 Aug: U-741 16 Aug: Trémintin 17 Aug: TA35 18 Aug: La Galissonnière, Natori, Strasbourg, Taiyō, Teia Maru, U-107, U-129, U-621, V 406 Hans Loh 19 Aug: Commandant Teste, Hayasui, Tamatsu Maru, U-123, U-466, V-6112 Friese 20 Aug: Richard Montgomery, U-9, U-413, U-984, U-1229. V 409 August Bösch 21 Aug: HMCS Alberni, HMS Kite, HMS Orchis, U-230, V 402 Dr. Adolf Spilker, Z23 22 Aug: HMS Bickerton, HMS Loyalty, Matsuwa, Tsushima Maru, U-344, V 401 Jan Mayen, V 405 J. Hinrich Wilhelms, V 413 Ferdinand Niedermeyer 23 Aug: Asakaze, U-180 24 Aug: USS Harder, NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu, U-354, U-445, Z37 25 Aug: Sperrbrecher 136, U-18, U-24, U-178, U-667, UIT-21, Yūnagi, Z24 26 Aug: Samidare, U-188, V 404 Baden, V 411 Saarland 27 Aug: HMS Britomart, Clemenceau, HMS Hussar 28 Aug: John Barry, V 407 Dorum 30 Aug: De Grasse, M553 31 Aug: Shirataka Unknown date: Condorcet, Kulmerland, Marechal Petain, U-925
Other incidents	4 Aug: Maycrest 15 Aug: LST-404 16 Aug: USS S-38 18 Aug: U-1054 20 Aug: Daronia 22 Aug: HMS Nabob 27 Aug: USS Pollack 31 Aug: U-1000
1943 1944 1945 July 1944 September 1944

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