Vorpostenboot (plural Vorpostenboote), also referred to as VP-Boats, flakships or outpost boats,[1] were German patrol boats which served during both World Wars. They were used around coastal areas and in coastal operations, and were tasked with – among other things – coastal patrol, ship escort, and naval combat.
Vorpostenboot (plural Vorpostenboote), also referred to as VP-Boats, flakships or outpost boats, were German patrol boats which served during both World...
by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was used as a Vorpostenboot. She was sunk by a British aerial attack in April 1944. The ship 40...
by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was used as a Vorpostenboot. She struck a mine and sank in August 1944. The ship 40.72 m (133 ft...
Ships German trawler V 622 Almuth, a Kreigsmarine minesweepeer and vorpostenboot, former fishing trawler. In service 1937–44 See also Almut This page...
minesweeper under the Pennant numbers M 1403 and M 4414, and later as the Vorpostenboot V 622 Almuth. She struck a mine and sank in June 1944. The ship was...
that was never completed German trawler V 201 Seydlitz, a World War II Vorpostenboot Seidlitz powders, a laxative and digestion regulator named after the...
by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was used as a Vorpostenboot. She was seized by France in 1944, and was renamed Le Merlu in 1948...
minesweeper under the Pennant numbers M 1404 and M 4415, and later as the Vorpostenboot V 623 Jupiter. She was scuttled in 1944. The ship was 35.76 m (117 ft...
by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. She was used as a Vorpostenboot. She was allocated to France post-war, and was renamed Thon in 1948...
minesweeper under the Pennant numbers M 1401 and M 4412, and later as the Vorpostenboot V 620 Derfflinger. She was seized by the French post war and entered...
(Torpedofangboot) TF19, 7; the freighter Gotenland, two; and the patrol boat (Vorpostenboot) V1703, one baby. Thirteen of the survivors died later. All four captains...
minesweeper under the Pennant numbers M 1402 and M 4413, and later as the Vorpostenboot V 621 Mars. She was lost in an Allied air attack in July 1944. The ship...
SS Phönix (1913), a German cargo ship which later saw service as the vorpostenboot V-106 Phönix Phoenix (1929 ship), a Danish ship built in 1929 SS Flying...
was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in World War II for use as a Vorpostenboot. She served as V 406 Jan Mayen and V 401 Jan Mayen. She was sunk at...
Orkan (1992), Polish missile boat of the Orkan class Orkan, a WWII Vorpostenboot European windstorm in several European languages M-87 Orkan, Yugoslav...
served as a supply ship, the weather ship WBS 7 Sachsenwald and the vorpostenboot V 414 Sachsenwald. She was sunk in the Bay of Biscay in August 1944...
Norwegian minesweeper HNoMS Rauma captured in April 1940, re-designated as Vorpostenboot, later to minelayer. Kamenz Schwalbe-class minesweeper Kamenz (S321):...
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