413 GRT (1940 655 GRT), L40,56m, B8,56m, D4,27m (or 40,30m x 9,10m x 3,45m)
2x T3cyl, coal fired, 1000 ihp, sp 12,5kn

 

1922: Built by "Cie Générale de Matériel Naval" at La Rochelle (YN 2), for the French Government as yard tug at Bordeaux
1926: To "Ateliers et Chantiers Maritimes du Sud Ouest" at Bordeaux
1929: To "EGTM - Entr. Générale de Travaux Maritimes" at Bordeaux
1930: To "Remorquage Letzer" at Antwerpen, renamed LEOPOLD
1932 -12/10: To the Polish Government, intended to be renamed PIAST
1932: delivered at Antwerp, but renamed SMOK
1933: commissioned to the Polish Navy
1937: converted to minelayer
1939 -01/09: damaged in German air raid at Oksywie
1939 -01/10: scuttled by crew at Hela naval base
1939 -oct/nov.: raised by Marien Bergungsgruppe Gotenhafen
1940: repaired in Gotenhafen as yard tug (655 GRT), renamed RIXHÖFT
1945 -02/03: while salving U-boat U-3519, hit British aerial-laid mine and sank off Warnemünde (DEU) Fairway Buoy in 54.11N/12.05E, 21 crew lost, 7 saved
1950's: wreck found in 54.16.10N/12.07.00E, then blown up and scrapped by DDR authorities

info komt van George Robinson, David Asprey en Piet van Damme