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 the Polish floating coal bunker Robur VII with a capacity of circa 1.000 ton. Salvaged in the main entrance of the harbour of Gdynia [called Gotenhafen by Germans]. It was yet not decided what to do with her. The Kriegsmarine shipyard at Kiel was interested and examined if and in which manner she could be used in the Baltic Sea and if her stability and seagoing qualities allowed the voyage towards Kiel.(1)
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1.An item published in the Dutch newspaper De Maasbode dated 8 May 1938 reported that the self-propelling coal bunker vessel S.S.M. with a gross register tonnage of 606 tons was built by shipyard Conrad, Haarlem, Netherlands. She was sold by the Scheepvaart&Steenkolen Mij, Rotterdam, Netherlands to the company Skarbopol Morski Export, Gdynia, Poland and now Poland-flagged renamed Robur VIII.
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