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C 2, Wilhelmshaven

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:38 pm
by davidships
Can anyone identify this German vessel, apparently taken at Wilhelmshaven (published Photo Droppel) and named "C 2" (undated)?

Probably an ex-tug (note towing hook), but with too much added aft for that role - and so apparently absent from Gröner Vol.6. Perhaps for buoy maintenance or a diving vessel - crane aft apparently handling a small boat, and a stock of what looks like small marker-buoys

Re: C 2, Wilhelmshaven

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 12:20 am
by AvM
There is Fortifikation Minenleger (Fortress Minen layer) C 2 (c for Cuxhaven)

Joseph Meyer , Papenburg built series of such boats
111 t; 20,47 x 5,24 x 2,26 m; 1 IIExp., 155 ihp, 9 kts

C 1 (1908, #237) Minendepot Cuxhaven; 1.1922 RWS, Nr. 18; 1.1923 Reichsmarine, C 5; 1939 Uboot- Abwehr-Schule
C 2 (1909, #244) Minendepot Cuxhaven; 1.1922 RWS, Nr. 22; 1.1923 Reichsmarine, C 6; 3.1932 Nor- derney, probably . Schulte & Bruns, Emden

RWS = Reichswasserschutz (Stete Water Police)

Re: C 2, Cuxhaven

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:51 pm
by davidships
Thanks Andreas
I wonder what happened to her with Schulte & Bruns?