The German ship Doggerbank (Schiff 53) was a UK cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1926, captured by the German Navy in 1941, renamed Doggerbank and converted into an auxiliary minelayer and blockade runner. The German U-Boot U-43 (1939) sank her by mistake in 1943, leading to the deaths of all but one of her 257 passengers and 108 crew.[1]
Doggerbank was built in Scotland in 1926 as Speybank, one of 18 Inverbank-class motor ships for Andrew Weir & Co's Bank Line.[2] She was the first of three Bank Line ships that were called Speybank. The second was built in England in 1962 and sold in 1978.[3] The third was built in 1983 as Okha, bought in 1995 and renamed Speybank, and was still in service in 2009.[4]
^Helgason, Guðmundur. "Doggerbank". uboat.net. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
^"Inverbank class cargo (br.)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^"Speybank". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^Swiggum, Susan; Kohli, Marjorie. "Andrew Weir & Co. / Bank Line". TheShipsList. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
and 16 Related for: German ship Doggerbank information
The GermanshipDoggerbank (Schiff 53) was a UK cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1926, captured by the German Navy in 1941, renamed Doggerbank and...
conclusion of World War II in 1945. See the list of naval ships of Germany for ships in German service throughout the country's history. Torpedoboot 1923...
naval ships of Germany includes all naval ships which have been in service of the German Navy or its predecessors. Other lists include: List of ships of...
2022-03-23. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit by U-boats: Doggerbank". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 16 May 2010. German tanker Altmark at Wikipedia's...
Ships". Retrieved 15 March 2007. "Doggerbank". Ships hit by U-boats. uboat.net. Retrieved 16 May 2010. German newsreel Hilfskreuzer Thor (in German)...
December 2010. "HMS Fidelity (D57)". Uboat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2010. "Doggerbank". Uboat.net. Retrieved 7 December 2010. "Abosso". Uboat.net. Retrieved...
Dogger Bank (Dutch: Doggersbank, German: Doggerbank, Danish: Doggerbanke) is a large sandbank in a shallow area of the North Sea about 100 kilometres (62 mi)...
escape when she struck a mine laid by the GermanshipDoggerbank, a British built ship captured by the Germans and then used as an auxiliary minelayer....
May, she escorted the hospital ship Alexander von Humboldt and cargo ship Jupiter from Rørvik, Norway to Norden, Germany. On 7 June, she escorted Alexander...
Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She served as a supply ship, the weather ship WBS 7 Sachsenwald and the vorpostenboot V 414 Sachsenwald. She was...
Tecklenborg AG., Geestemünde, Germany. It was rated at 55 nhp. It drove a single screw propeller. It could propel the ship at 10 knots (19 km/h). Arthur...
Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Köln, Germany. It was rated at 98 nhp. It drove a single screw propeller. It could propel the ship at 11 knots (20 km/h). Almuth...
Tecklenborg AG., Geestemünde, Germany. It was rated at 55 nhp. It drove a single screw propeller. It could propel the ship at 10 knots (19 km/h). Fritz...
Poignard. However, the shipyard fell into German hands after the fall of France in 1940 before the four ships could be finished, causing the unfinished...
Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, Köln, Germany. It was rated at 94 nhp. It drove a single screw propeller. It could propel the ship at 11 knots (20 km/h). Almuth...
French ownership. On 12 April 1957, she sprang a leak and sank in the Doggerbank (56°42′N 3°42′E / 56.700°N 3.700°E / 56.700; 3.700). "Dorum (57037)"...
Global Information
United Kingdom
Bank Line
Germany
