German trawler V 210 Hinrich Hey

Hinrich Hey was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War for use as a Vorpostenboot. She was sunk in the English Channel by British motor torpedo boats in July 1944.

Description

Hinrich Hey was long, with a beam of. She had a depth of and a draught of. She was assessed at,. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of, and diameter by stroke. The engine was made by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde. It was rated at 127nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller driven via a geared low pressure turbine. It could propel the ship at.

Hinrich Hey was built as yard number 681 by Norderwerft Köser & Mayer, Hamburg for Julius H. Fock and Hans J. M. Pickenpack, Hamburg. She was launched on 6 October 1934 and completed on 8 December. The fishing boat registration HH 214 was allocated, as were the Code Letters DJNJ.
On 24 September 1939, Hinrich Hey was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated to 2 Vorpostenflotille as V 212 Hinrich Hey. She was redesignated V 210 Hinrich Hey on 20 October. On 4 July 1944, she was sunk in the English Channel by the motor torpedo boats HMMTB 734, HMMTB 735, HMMTB 743 and HMMTB 748 of the Royal Navy. V 208 R. Walther Darré was also sunk in the battle. V 209 Dr. Rudolf Wahrendorff and the minesweeper were damaged.