"ZWARTE ZEE II"

Foto :coll. W. Vercruysse

Build in 1906 at J. & K. Smit, Kinderdijk under number 575.

Tonnage:            572

Length:              51, 70 (50, 14) m

Width:               9, 15 m

Depth:               5, 29 (4, 60) m

Engine: Triple Expansion 3 cil. steam engine from Machinefabriek “Kinderdijk”, Kinderdijk (559, 838 & 1397, 762) 1250 i.h.p.

Speed:             11 knots

1906:               As research vessel to Royal Navy.

1918:               Back to L. Smit & Co’s, Rotterdam.

1933:               “Albatross”, Nordischer Bergungs Verein, Bremerhaven. (rebuild with one funnel)

1939:               “Albatross”, Bugsier Rhederei und Bergungs A.G., Hamburg.

1939:               In service at Kriegsmarine-Dienststelle, Hamburg.

1940:               (August) “B 103 S”, Kriegsmarine.

1941:               (September 30) In service Kriegsmarine Werft, St. Nazaire.

1943:               Sank and raised.

1944:               Sank at St. Nazaire. Found and raised and in service as “Na 104”.

1945:               “Taureau”, French Government.

1946:               Scrapped.