For other ships with the same name, see FV Sachsen.
History
Germany
Name
J. F. Schröder (1929–33)
Sachsen (1933–43)
Owner
Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1929–
Port of registry
Cuxhaven, Germany (1929–35)
Cuxhaven (1935–40)
Kriegsmarine (1940–43)
Builder
Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser
Yard number
235
Launched
June 1929
Completed
July 1929
Commissioned
18 September 1940
Identification
Fishing registration HC 214 (1929–40)
Code Letters RHJP (1929–34)
Code Letters DICM (1934-40)
WBS 1 (1940–43)
Fate
Scuttled, 17 June 1943
General characteristics
Type
Fishing trawler (1929–40)
Weather ship (1940–43)
Tonnage
284 GRT, 106 NRT
Length
42.70 metres (140 ft 1 in)
Beam
7.42 metres (24 ft 4 in)
Depth
3.78 metres (12 ft 5 in)
Installed power
Diesel engine, 183nhp
Propulsion
Single screw propeller
Complement
15, plus 5 meteorologists (Kriegsmarine)
Hermann was a Kriegsmarine weather ship that was built in 1929 as the fishing trawler J. F. Schröder. She was renamed Sachsen in 1933 and requisitioned in 1940, serving as WBS 1 Sachsen. She was renamed Hermann in 1942, serving until scuttled off the coast of Greenland in June 1943.
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