Vorpostenboot V-414
Sachenhausen
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The
trawler Sachenhausen was laid down at the wharf Deschimag
AG in Seeback and launched in June 1939. After the
outbreak of world war two she was requisitioned by
Kriegsmarine. She did service as a supply vessel and was
planned to participate in the German invasion of England,
Operation Seelöwe in 1941. After this plan was scrapped,
she got new tasks as a weather ship as
Wetterbeobachtungsschiff 7. In September 1941 she again
got new tasks, this time as a guard boat named
Vorpostenboot V-414, and stationed in Bordeaux. 6.August
1944 she escorted a convoy when they were attacked by the
British light cruiser HMS Bellona and four destroyers.
They managed to sink six ships including V-414 and M 263. The wreck rest today in two
parts on a depth of 48 to 55 meter west of Ile De
Noirmoutier.
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