German weather ship WBS 1 Hermann

History

Germany
Name	J. F. Schröder (1929–33) Sachsen (1933–43)
Owner	Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1929–
Port of registry	Cuxhaven, Germany (1929–35) Cuxhaven (1935–40) Kriegsmarine (1940–43)
Builder	Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser
Yard number	235
Launched	June 1929
Completed	July 1929
Commissioned	18 September 1940
Identification	Fishing registration HC 214 (1929–40) Code Letters RHJP (1929–34) Code Letters DICM (1934-40) WBS 1 (1940–43)
Fate	Scuttled, 17 June 1943
General characteristics
Type	Fishing trawler (1929–40) Weather ship (1940–43)
Tonnage	284 GRT, 106 NRT
Length	42.70 metres (140 ft 1 in)
Beam	7.42 metres (24 ft 4 in)
Depth	3.78 metres (12 ft 5 in)
Installed power	Diesel engine, 183nhp
Propulsion	Single screw propeller
Complement	15, plus 5 meteorologists (Kriegsmarine)

Hermann was a Kriegsmarine weather ship that was built in 1929 as the fishing trawler J. F. Schröder. She was renamed Sachsen in 1933 and requisitioned in 1940, serving as WBS 1 Sachsen. She was renamed Hermann in 1942, serving until scuttled off the coast of Greenland in June 1943.