A list dated 17 November 1939 was dealing with ships and floating equipment captured by the Germans in the Polish coastal area. With the German ship breaking company Gemeinschaft Bremerhaven was negotiated about scrapping the ships and equipment not wanted by the military leader of the salvage group. Captured ships not owned by the Polish government were due to the war considered as war prizes and could be used for service. Ships not used for military purposed could be returned for economic reasons to their owners. An item reported a Polish mine tender on stocks at the new navy yard at Gdynia [called Gotenhafen by Germans] and of which the construction was for 80% completed. She needed 2 week labour before she could be launched, costs 7.370 Reichmark. The German Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (O.K.M.) decided to investigate if she could be completed by a German shipyard. The navy yard at Kiel investigated of she could be used as a mine tender elsewhere or as water transport at Gdynia.
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High Command of the Kriegsmarine. Case 110. Source
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