German ocean going steam fishing vessel Kurmark 1937-1939 (minesweeper M 1509 1939-1943 and M4627 1943-1944)

model Maritime Museum, Hamburg, Germany

Built by the Deschimag Werk Seebeck, Weremünde, Germany in 1937, delivered to the “Nordsee”Deutsche Hochseefischerei GmbH, required by the German navy in Autumn 1939, served as minesweeper M 1509 and as M 4627 since 1943 and sunk in an air attack north east of Le Havre, France on 14 June 1944. Gross register tonnage 473 tons and as dimensions 50.85 x 8 metres. Horsepower 800 hp.