"OOSTZEE"

Foto : coll. P. van Damme

1926 OOSTZEE, 1939 BV 40, 1940 LAZ 12, 1941 H 232, 1942 DW 32
 
Registered: /LR34-35:64088 /LR43-44:11982
325 GRT, 24 NRT,  L42,20m(40,41), B7,42m, D3,84m  (132.6'x24.4'x12.7')
1 scr, T3cyl by shipbuilder,139nhp-600ihp
 
OOSTZEE
1926: Built by "L. Smit & Zn" at Kinderdijk (NLD) (YN 822)
1926 -xx/08: delivered to "NV L. Smit & Co's Sleepdienst" at Rotterdam (NLD)
        (NLD flag, regd Rotterdam, c/s PNKS)
193x: (NLD flag, regd Rotterdam, c/s PGNI)
1939 -24/08: service with Dutch Navy, renamed BV 40
1940 -17/05: requisitioned by Germany at Zierikzee (NLD), to Lazarettverband, renamed LAZ 12
1941 -01/01: transferred to Kriegsmarine, to the East-Sea, renamed H 232
1942: renamed DW 32
1944 -27/03: ran on a mine and sank on the North-Sea near Wangerooge (53,55 N - 07,54 E)