An item reported that the French steam trawler Ker sei was sold by the fa. Gohinet, Lorient, France to J. Frater Smid&G. Prins, Ijmuiden, Netherlands and renamed Ijszee [IJM 167] under the Dutch flag. Gross register tonnage 242 tons. Built at the Reichswerft, Kiel, Germany in 1920.(1)
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1.Built as German Minister Hermes of the German government, renamed Fro in 1921, since 1926 as the Ker-Sei L 2612 proerty og the Compalgnie Lorientaise de Cherbourg, France, renamed Witte Zee (IJM 167) in 1934, hired by the Royal Netherlands Navy and converted into Boeienschip [buoy layer 1] in 1939, returned in 1939, captured by the German in 1940 and sunk during a attack by British MTB’s on 14 July 1944.
Note
1.Built as German Minister Hermes of the German government, renamed Fro in 1921, since 1926 as the Ker-Sei L 2612 proerty og the Compalgnie Lorientaise de Cherbourg, France, renamed Witte Zee (IJM 167) in 1934, hired by the Royal Netherlands Navy and converted into Boeienschip [buoy layer 1] in 1939, returned in 1939, captured by the German in 1940 and sunk during a attack by British MTB’s on 14 July 1944.
