Saturday 10 September 2011

Shipbuilding by the Dutch Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam built for the German Kriegsmarine in 1941-1944 according to the Dutch newspaper De Waarheid dated 18 August 1945

This newspaper published a furious comment dealing with the behaviour of the Dutch yards during the Second World War and gave as example which ships the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij at Amsterdam built for the German Kriegsmarine.

Building number 284, laid down April 1941, delivered October 1942, Kriegsmarine, minesweeper
Building number 285, laid down April 1941, delivered October 1942, Kriegsmarine, minesweeper
Building number 286, laid down April 1941, delivered November 1942, Kriegsmarine, minesweeper
Building number 287, laid down April 1941, delivered December 1942,Kriegsmarine, minesweeper
Building number 288, laid down May 1941, delivered February 1943, Kriegsmarine, minesweeper
Building numbers 289/298, laid down November 1940 five units, delivered February 1941 2 units, Friedrich Krupp A.G., 10 tank lighters
Building number 302, laid down January 1941, 3 units, delivered June 1941, 2 units, Kriegsmarine, minesweeper
Building number 304, laid down February 1941 2 units, delivered July 1941 6 units, Kriegsmarine, minesweeper
Building number 307, laid down May 1941, delivered March 1943, Kriegsmarine, trawler
Building number 308, laid down May 1941, delivered May 1943, Kriegsmarine, trawler
Building number 310, laid down September 1941, transferred to Flushing, Kriegsmarine, work boat
Building number 311, laid down September 1941, transferred to Flushing, Kriegsmarine, work boat
Building number 312, laid down September 1941, departed September 1944 towards Germany, Kriegsmarine, pram
Building number 313, laid down August 1941, departed September 1944 towards Germany, Kriegsmarine, torpedo recovery ship
Building number 314, laid down February 1941, departed September 1944 towards Germany, Kriegsmarine, torpedo recovery ship
Building number 315, laid down March, 1942, departed September 1944 towards Germany, Kriegsmarine, torpedo recovery ship
Building number 316, laid down March 1942, delivered July 1941?, Kriegsmarine, torpedo recovery ship
Building numbers 317/327, laid down May 1942, delivered October 1943, Kriegsmarine, 11 prams
Building numbers 330/332, laid down May 1942, delivered November 1943, Kriegsmarine, 3 prams
Building numbers 340/348, laid down July 1941 3 units, delivered January 1944, Kriegsmarine, 9 prams
Laid down July 1941, delivered January 1944 3 units
Laid down August 1941 3 units, delivered March 1944
Laid down September 1941 3 units, delivered April 1942 11 units
Laid down November 1941 2 units
Laid down January 1942 2 units
Laid down February 1942 1 unit
Laid down June 1942 3 units, delivered July 1942 3 units
Laid down July 1942 3 units
Laid down October 1942 3 units, delivered November 1942 3 units
Delivered December 1942 3 units
Delivered February 1943 2 units
Delivered March 1943 1 unit
The trawlers building numbers 307 and 308 were destined for the war against Russia and to be rebuilt as Vorpostboote. This rebuilding was done at Flushing [must be the Schelde]. Both work boats were destined for service at the Eastern Front. They were in fact floating plants fitted out with a foundry, forge and lathes. Further more were 150 tons crane truck, a welding shop and a carpenters place. The first work boat was to serve as an ocean going store ship able to repair submarines, the second was towed towards Germany to be completed. There were also three destroyers ordered, two partly assembled to again disassembled and apparently transport elsewhere. The yard also rebuilt freighters as sperrbrechers, made 1,500 paravans for minesweeping and rebuilt around 150 lighters as landing vessels by removing fore and aft end and fitting out with landing flaps.