German blockade runner Ramses homeward bound in 1941

Transport Number -. Name ship Ramses. Company Hapag= Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 1941. Harbour which was left -. Voyage interrupted. Deadweight 12,111 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Regensburg homeward bound in 1941

Transport Number -. Name ship Regensburg. Company Norddeutscher Lloyd (N.D.L.), Bremen, Germany. Date departure 5 May 1941. Harbour which was left -. Date arrival 22 June 1941. Harbour of arrival Bordeaux, France.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Elbe homeward bound in 1941

Transport Number -. Name ship ElbeCompany Norddeutscher Lloyd (N.D.L.), Bremen, Germany. Date departure April 1941. Harbour which was left -. Date lost 6 June 1941.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Ermland homeward bound in 1941

Transport Number -. Name ship Ermland Company Hapag= Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure January 1941. Harbour which was left -. Date arrival 5 April 1941. Harbour of arrival Bordeaux, France. (1)

Note

1. Built in 1922. Afterwards renamed Weserland and sunk by the American destroyer USS Somers on 2 or 3 January 1944.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

British naval force destroyed supply ships at Bardia according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that a British force consisting of cruisers and destroyed on 6 July with success ships in the Bardia harbour part of the Libya-Egptian frontier sinking two military supply ships. Enemy aircraft attacked without success the British ships.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

German blockade runner Elsa Essberger outward bound in 1943

Transport Number -. Name ship Elsa Essberger. Company John T. Essberger, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure (further prescribed) 1 October 1943. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Bomb damage of November 1942 repaired.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945).

German blockade runner Dresden outward bound in 1943

Transport Number -. Name ship Dresden. Company Norddeutscher Lloyd (N.D.L.), Bremen, Germany. Date departure (further prescribed) 1 September 1943. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German whale factory ship Walter Rau 1937-1945 (1946), Norwegian Kosmos IV 1946-1971, Japanese Kyokusei Maru 1971-1979 and North Korean Song Hak San 1979-1998

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Call sign DOTF. Owner in 1939 Walter Rau Neusser Oelwerke A.G. Bremen, Germany. Launched by Deutsche Werft A.G., Finkerwerder,/Reiherstiegwerft  Hamburg, Germany with yard number 197 in March 1907, delivered on 18 September 1937, requisitioned by the German navy to serve in the supply service in 1939, commissioned as support tanker on 20 April 1940 together with the Unitas cooking plant at Gotenhafen (Gdynia, Poland), base and accommodation ship for the 25th submarine flotilla since 16 November, hospital ship in 1945, damaged in a British air attackin 4 May 1945 and run aground, seized by the British army on 10 May, towed to Gare Loch, Scotland on 18 November, handed over to the Ministry of War Transport on 21 November, docked in the Brocklebank dry dock on 31 March 1946, awarded to the USA which was not interested, offered to Norway on 22 May 1946 and which government bought her for the Kosmos companies, repaired and finally renamed Kosmos IV, sold to Japan and renamed Kyokusei Maru, again sold in 1979, became a fish factory ship, sold to the Korea Daesong Trading Corporation, North Korea and renamed Song Hak San in 1979 and after 1998 no longer mentioned in international registers. Gross tonnage 13,752 tons, under deck 10,395 tons, net tonnage 7,145 tons and as dimensions 549.8 x 74.4 x 33.5 feet. 

German blockade runner Kulmerland outward bound in 1943

Transport Number -. Name ship Kurmerland. Company Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure (further prescribed) 15 September 1943. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Hit by a bomb and sunk on 23 September 1943, salvaged and under repair.(1)

Note

1. Launched by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany with yard number 109 on 1 August 1928, completed on 16 March 1929, scuttled as block ship in the Loire by retreating German forces in 1945 salvaged in 1945 and broken up in 1950.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Tannenfels outward bound in 1943

Transport Number Name ship Tannenfels. Company D.D.G. Hansa, Bremen, Germany. Date departure (further prescribed) 1 August 1943. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Fusijama outward bound in 1943

Transport Number F 1. Name ship Fusijama. Company Lloyd Triestino/Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure (further prescribed) 15 August 1943. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Aisterufer outward bound in 1943

Transport Number K. Name ship Aisterufer. Company Robert Sloman jr., Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 23 March 1943. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Portland outward bound in 1943

Transport Number N. Name ship Portland. Company Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 23 January 1943? Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Deadweight 7,729 ton. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Corteliazzo outward bound in 1942

Transport Number M. Name ship Corteliazzo. Company Lloyd Triestino/Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 23 November 1942. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Lost on 1 December 1942. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Elsa Essberger outward bound in 1942

Transport Number R. Name ship Elsa Essberger. Company John T. Essberger, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 6 November 1942. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Returned at Bordeaux with bomb damage. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Anneliese Essberger outward bound in 1942

Transport Number E. Name ship Anneliese Essberger. Company John T. Essberger, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 5 November 1942. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Destination Far East. Date lost 21 November 1942. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Karin outward bound in 1942

Transport Number T. Name ship Karin. Company Deutsche Kriegsmarine/F.L. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 13 October 1942. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Date arrival December 1942. Destination Far East. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Irene outward bound in 1942

Transport Number S. Name ship Irene. Company Deutsche Kriegsmarine/F.L. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 8 October 1942. Harbour which was left Bordeaux, France. Date arrival 20 December 1942. Destination Far East. Part of 2. Action “Pfastermundkoch”.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Burgenland homeward bound in 1944

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Transport Number -. Name ship Burgenland. Company Hapag= Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg, Germany. Date departure 29 October 1943. Harbour which was left -. Date lost 5 January 1944.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945). 

German blockade runner Rio Grande homeward bound in 1943

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Transport Number -. Name ship Rio Grande. Company Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany (H.S.D.G.). Date departure 4 October 1943. Harbour which was left Kobe, Japan. Date lost 4 January 1944.(1)

Note

1. Launched by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg, Germany with yard number 777 on 17 January 1939, commissionned on 29 April 1939 and sunk by American light cuiser USS Omaha and destroyer USS Jouett on the Atlantic on 3 January 1944.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 7/1419 Ausarbeitung "Wirtschaftsfahrten im Zweiten Weltkrieg" (Zusammenstellung der Fahrten von Blockadebrechern nach Ostasien, 1941-1945).