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Krossfonn</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MT_Krossfonn_1935_achtern.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/MT_Krossfonn_1935_achtern.jpg/300px-MT_Krossfonn_1935_achtern.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/MT_Krossfonn_1935_achtern.jpg/450px-MT_Krossfonn_1935_achtern.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/MT_Krossfonn_1935_achtern.jpg/600px-MT_Krossfonn_1935_achtern.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="742" /></a></span><div><i>Krossfonn</i> in 1935</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1935: <i>Krossfonn</i></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1940: <i>Spichern</i></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1949: <i>Ringfjell</i></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1961: <i>Ringsaker</i></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1940: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Spicheren" title="Battle of Spicheren">Battle of Spicheren</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1961: <a href="/wiki/Ringsaker" title="Ringsaker">Ringsaker</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Owner</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1935: Skibs-A/S Dalfonn</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1949: Ringdals Rederi A/S</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1961: Sameiet Ringsaker</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1935: <a href="/wiki/Sigval_Bergesen" title="Sigval Bergesen">Sigval Bergesen</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1940: <a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1949: Olav Ringdal</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1961: Elisabeth Bruun & Co</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Port of registry</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1935: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stavanger" title="Stavanger">Stavanger</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1940: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany"><img alt="Nazi Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Odense_Steel_Shipyard" title="Odense Steel Shipyard">Odense Staalskibsværft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odense" title="Odense">Odense</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>16 May 1935</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>August 1935</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>1944–49</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Refit</td><td>1947–49,1955</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: 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/></a></span></span><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Lima.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/ICS_Lima.svg/15px-ICS_Lima.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/ICS_Lima.svg/23px-ICS_Lima.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/ICS_Lima.svg/30px-ICS_Lima.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scuttled 1944, raised 1947, scrapped 1964</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1935: <a href="/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">oil tanker</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1955: <a href="/wiki/Bulk_carrier" title="Bulk carrier">bulk carrier</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1936: 9,323 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a>, 5,550 <a href="/wiki/Net_register_tonnage" title="Net register tonnage">NRT</a>, 14,225 <a href="/wiki/Deadweight_tonnage" title="Deadweight tonnage">DWT</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1949: 9,640 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1955: 9,789 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>480.5 ft (146.5 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>65.0 ft (19.8 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Depth</td><td>35.6 ft (10.9 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decks</td><td>1</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>728 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Nominal_horsepower" title="Horsepower">NHP</a>, 4,700 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Brake_horsepower" title="Horsepower">bhp</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 7-cylinder <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">screws</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">wireless <a href="/wiki/Direction_finding" title="Direction finding">direction finding</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Echo_sounding" title="Echo sounding">echo sounding</a> device</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Spichern</b></i> was a <a href="/wiki/Motor_ship" title="Motor ship">motor</a> <a href="/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">tanker</a> that was built in <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> for <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norwegian</a> owners and launched in 1935 as <i><b>Krossfonn</b></i>. In 1940 the <a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">German navy</a> captured her, renamed her <i>Spichern</i> and converted her into an <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">oiler</a>. In 1944 she was damaged in an air raid and then <a href="/wiki/Scuttling" title="Scuttling">scuttled</a>. </p><p><i>Spichern</i> was raised in 1947, rebuilt, renamed <i><b>Ringfjell</b></i> and returned to Norwegian merchant service in 1949. She was converted into a <a href="/wiki/Bulk_carrier" title="Bulk carrier">bulk carrier</a> in 1955, renamed <i><b>Ringsaker</b></i> in 1961 and scrapped in 1964. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Building">Building</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_tanker_Spichern&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Odense_Steel_Shipyard" title="Odense Steel Shipyard">Odense Staalskibsværft</a> in <a href="/wiki/Odense" title="Odense">Odense</a> in Denmark built <i>Krossfonn</i> for Skibs-A/S Dalfonn of Norway. She was launched on 16 May 1935<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and completed that August.<sup id="cite_ref-LR36_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LR36-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Krossfonn</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s registered length was 480.5 ft (146.5 m), her <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> was 65.0 ft (19.8 m) and her depth was 35.6 ft (10.9 m). Her <a href="/wiki/Tonnage" title="Tonnage">tonnages</a> were 9,323 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a>, 5,550 <a href="/wiki/Net_register_tonnage" title="Net register tonnage">NRT</a><sup id="cite_ref-LR36_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LR36-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 14,225 <a href="/wiki/Deadweight_tonnage" title="Deadweight tonnage">DWT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Krossfonn</i> had two <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">screws</a>. <a href="/wiki/Burmeister_%26_Wain" title="Burmeister & Wain">Burmeister & Wain</a> built her engines, which were a pair of seven-cylinder, four-stroke, single acting diesels. Together the two engines were rated at 728 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Nominal_horsepower" title="Horsepower">NHP</a><sup id="cite_ref-LR36_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LR36-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 4,700 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Brake_horsepower" title="Horsepower">bhp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French_service">French service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_tanker_Spichern&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: French service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the Second World War began in September 1939, <i>Krossfonn</i> was under <a href="/wiki/Chartering_(shipping)" title="Chartering (shipping)">charter</a> to import oil to <a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic">France</a>. But Norway was <a href="/wiki/Neutral_powers_during_World_War_II" title="Neutral powers during World War II">neutral</a> until April 1940, and <i>Krossfon</i> sailed unescorted until that May.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two days before the war began <i>Krosfonn</i> left <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> for <a href="/wiki/La_Libertad,_Ecuador" title="La Libertad, Ecuador">La Libertad, Ecuador</a>. She crossed the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic</a> via <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Port_of_Dakar" title="Autonomous Port of Dakar">Dakar</a> for <a href="/wiki/Bunkering" title="Bunkering">bunkers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tenerife" title="Tenerife">Tenerife</a>. She spent the next six months bringing cargos of oil from Ecuador and <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a> to France.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 March 1940 <i>Krossfonn</i> sailed from <a href="/wiki/Port-de-Bouc" title="Port-de-Bouc">Port-de-Bouc</a> in France to be <a href="/wiki/Dry_dock" title="Dry dock">dry docked</a> in <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Galveston" title="Port of Galveston">Galveston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. However, on 8 April Germany began its <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">invasion of Norway</a>, so <i>Krossfonn</i> made for the nearest British port. This was <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica" title="Kingston, Jamaica">Kingston, Jamaica</a>, where she arrived on 14 April. Ten days later she proceeded to Galveston, where she was dry docked from 29 April.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 May Germany began its <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">invasion of France</a>. On 13 May <i>Krossfonn</i> left dry dock and went to <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Houston" title="Port of Houston">Houston</a> to load <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">crude oil</a>. She sailed for France via <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, where she joined Convoy BHX 45, which at sea on 29 May joined eastbound <a href="/wiki/HX_convoys" title="HX convoys">Convoy HX</a> 45. <i>Krossfonn</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s destination was changed from <a href="/wiki/Donges" title="Donges">Donges</a> to <a href="/wiki/Brest,_France" title="Brest, France">Brest</a>, where she arrived on 8 June.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 June <i>Krossfonn</i> left Brest in ballast to sail via <a href="/wiki/Fort-de-France" title="Fort-de-France">Fort-de-France</a> in <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> to <a href="/wiki/Crist%C3%B3bal,_Col%C3%B3n" title="Cristóbal, Colón">Cristóbal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a> for orders. On 19 June she called at <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Casablanca" title="Port of Casablanca">Casablanca</a>. On 22 June <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_22_June_1940" title="Armistice of 22 June 1940">France capitulated</a>, and on 25 June the <a href="/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Widder" title="German auxiliary cruiser Widder">German auxiliary cruiser <i>Widder</i></a> captured <i>Krossfonn</i> in the Atlantic.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German_service">German service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_tanker_Spichern&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: German service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 7 July 1940 <i>Krossfonn</i> reached <a href="/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient">Lorient</a> in <a href="/wiki/German_military_administration_in_occupied_France_during_World_War_II" title="German military administration in occupied France during World War II">German-occupied France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was renamed <i>Spichern</i> and converted into a naval oiler. </p><p>On 26 May 1941 during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Rhein%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Rheinübung">Operation Rheinübung</a> she bunkered the <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen" title="German cruiser Prinz Eugen">German cruiser <i>Prinz Eugen</i></a> at sea with 2,660 tons of <a href="/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil" title="Heavy fuel oil">heavy fuel oil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBusch197593–94_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBusch197593–94-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 4 and 10 February the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Hipper" title="German cruiser Admiral Hipper"><i>Admiral Hipper</i></a> patrolled off the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a> and was refueled several times by <i>Spichern</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrennecke2003164_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrennecke2003164-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 August 1944 an Allied air raid badly damaged <i>Spichern</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Brest" title="Battle for Brest">Battle for Brest</a>. On 31 August German forces defending Brest sank her as a <a href="/wiki/Blockship" title="Blockship">blockship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-war_service">Post-war service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_tanker_Spichern&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-war service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1947 <i>Spichern</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s wreck was raised in two parts and towed to <a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Howaldtswerke-Deutsche_Werft" title="Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft">Howaldtswerke AG</a> rebuilt her. In May 1949 she returned to Norwegian merchant service as <i>Ringfjell</i>, owned by Ringals Rederi A/S and managed by Olav Ringdal of <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a>. In 1955 a shipyard in <a href="/wiki/Rouen" title="Rouen">Rouen</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic" title="French Fourth Republic">France</a> converted her into a <a href="/wiki/Bulk_carrier" title="Bulk carrier">bulk carrier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1961 Sameiet Ringsaker bought <i>Ringfjell</i>, renamed her <i>Ringsaker</i> and placed her under the management of Elisabeth Bruun & Co of <a href="/wiki/T%C3%B8nsberg" title="Tønsberg">Tønsberg</a>. In February 1964 a <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West German</a> <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">shipbreaker</a> bought her for scrap.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawson_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=German_tanker_Spichern&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-LR36-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LR36_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LR36_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LR36_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1">"Steamers and Motorships". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/34/34b0416.pdf"><i>Lloyd's Register of Shipping</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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href="/wiki/USS_Fiske_(DE-143)" title="USS Fiske (DE-143)">USS <i>Fiske</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Quorn_(L66)" title="HMS Quorn (L66)">HMS <i>Quorn</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Aug: <a href="/wiki/MS_Tannenfels" title="MS Tannenfels"><i>Tannenfels</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Matsu_(1944)" title="Japanese destroyer Matsu (1944)"><i>Matsu</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Aug: <a href="/wiki/MV_Mefk%C3%BCre" title="MV Mefküre"><i>Mefküre</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-671" title="German submarine U-671"><i>U-671</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Aug: <a href="/wiki/MV_Empire_City" title="MV Empire City"><i>Empire City</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_weather_ship_Sachsenwald" title="German weather ship Sachsenwald"><i>Sachsenwald</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Th%C3%A9tis" title="French submarine Thétis"><i>Thétis</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-471" title="German submarine U-471"><i>U-471</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-736" title="German submarine U-736"><i>U-736</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-952" title="German submarine U-952"><i>U-952</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-969" title="German submarine U-969"><i>U-969</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_1523_Deltra_I" title="German trawler V 1523 Deltra I">V 215 <i>Oliva</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Aug: <a href="/wiki/SS_Amsterdam_(1930)" title="SS Amsterdam (1930)"><i>Amsterdam</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MV_Empire_Day" title="MV Empire Day"><i>Empire Day</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Nagara" title="Japanese cruiser Nagara"><i>Nagara</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Aug: <a href="/wiki/SS_Conte_Verde" title="SS Conte Verde"><i>Conte Verde</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Regina_(K234)" title="HMCS Regina (K234)">HMCS <i>Regina</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_minesweeper_Tama_Maru_No._6" title="Japanese minesweeper Tama Maru No. 6"><i>Tama Maru No. 6</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_104_Falke" title="German trawler V 104 Falke"><i>V 104 Falke</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Aug: <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Spichern</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Aug: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-608" title="German submarine U-608"><i>U-608</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Aug: <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_623_Jupiter" title="German trawler V 623 Jupiter"><i>V 623 Jupiter</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-385" title="German submarine U-385"><i>U-385</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-967" title="German submarine U-967"><i>U-967</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Soviet_minesweeper_T-114" title="Soviet minesweeper T-114"><i>T-114</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_minesweeper_T-118" title="Soviet minesweeper T-118"><i>T-118</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-198" title="German submarine U-198"><i>U-198</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-981" title="German submarine U-981"><i>U-981</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_410_Germania" title="German trawler V 410 Germania"><i>V 410 Germania</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Aug: <a href="/wiki/USS_Flier" title="USS Flier">USS <i>Flier</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-270" title="German submarine U-270"><i>U-270</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_1101_Preu%C3%9Fen" title="German trawler V 1101 Preußen"><i>V 1101 Preußen</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Aug: <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_605_Arthur_Duncker" title="German trawler V 605 Arthur Duncker"><i>V 605 Arthur Duncker</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_Gueydon" title="French cruiser Gueydon"><i>Gueydon</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-618" title="German submarine U-618"><i>U-618</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Aug: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-741" title="German submarine U-741"><i>U-741</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Aug: <a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_Montcalm_(1900)" title="French cruiser Montcalm (1900)"><i>Trémintin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Aug: <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Pilade_Bronzetti" title="Italian destroyer Pilade Bronzetti">TA35</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Aug: <a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_La_Galissonni%C3%A8re" title="French cruiser La Galissonnière"><i>La Galissonnière</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Natori" title="Japanese cruiser Natori"><i>Natori</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Strasbourg" title="French battleship Strasbourg"><i>Strasbourg</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Taiy%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō"><i>Taiyō</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MS_Aramis" title="MS Aramis"><i>Teia Maru</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-107_(1940)" title="German submarine U-107 (1940)"><i>U-107</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-129_(1941)" title="German submarine U-129 (1941)"><i>U-129</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-621" title="German submarine U-621"><i>U-621</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Aug: <a href="/wiki/French_seaplane_carrier_Commandant_Teste" title="French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste"><i>Commandant Teste</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hayasui" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hayasui"><i>Hayasui</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tamatsu_Maru" title="Tamatsu Maru">Tamatsu Maru</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-123_(1940)" title="German submarine U-123 (1940)"><i>U-123</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-466" title="German submarine U-466"><i>U-466</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bradman" title="HMS Bradman">V-6112 <i>Friese</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Aug: <a href="/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery" title="SS Richard Montgomery"><i>Richard Montgomery</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-9_(1935)" title="German submarine U-9 (1935)"><i>U-9</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-413" title="German submarine U-413"><i>U-413</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-984" title="German submarine U-984"><i>U-984</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1229" title="German submarine U-1229"><i>U-1229</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_409_August_B%C3%B6sch" title="German trawler V 409 August Bösch"><i>V 409 August Bösch</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Alberni" title="HMCS Alberni">HMCS <i>Alberni</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Kite_(U87)" title="HMS Kite (U87)">HMS <i>Kite</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Orchis" title="HMS Orchis">HMS <i>Orchis</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-230" title="German submarine U-230"><i>U-230</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_402_Dr._Adolf_Spilker" title="German trawler V 402 Dr. Adolf Spilker">V 402 <i>Dr. Adolf Spilker</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z23" title="German destroyer Z23"><i>Z23</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bickerton" title="HMS Bickerton">HMS <i>Bickerton</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Loyalty_(J217)" title="HMS Loyalty (J217)">HMS <i>Loyalty</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_Matsuwa" title="Japanese escort ship Matsuwa"><i>Matsuwa</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Maru" title="Tsushima Maru">Tsushima Maru</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-344" title="German submarine U-344"><i>U-344</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_401_Jan_Mayen" title="German trawler V 401 Jan Mayen"><i>V 401 Jan Mayen</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_405_J._Hinrich_Wilhelms" title="German trawler V 405 J. Hinrich Wilhelms"><i>V 405 J. Hinrich Wilhelms</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_413_Ferdinand_Niedermeyer" title="German trawler V 413 Ferdinand Niedermeyer"><i>V 413 Ferdinand Niedermeyer</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Asakaze_(1922)" title="Japanese destroyer Asakaze (1922)"><i>Asakaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-180" title="German submarine U-180"><i>U-180</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Aug: <a href="/wiki/USS_Harder_(SS-257)" title="USS Harder (SS-257)">USS <i>Harder</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/NMS_Mihail_Kog%C4%83lniceanu" title="NMS Mihail Kogălniceanu">NMS <i>Mihail Kogălniceanu</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-354" title="German submarine U-354"><i>U-354</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-445" title="German submarine U-445"><i>U-445</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z37" title="German destroyer Z37"><i>Z37</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Aug: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Ph%C3%B6nix_(1913)" title="SS Phönix (1913)">Sperrbrecher 136</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-18_(1935)" title="German submarine U-18 (1935)"><i>U-18</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-24_(1936)" title="German submarine U-24 (1936)"><i>U-24</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-178" title="German submarine U-178"><i>U-178</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-667" title="German submarine U-667"><i>U-667</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Calvi-class_submarine#Giuseppe_Finzi" title="Calvi-class submarine"><i>UIT-21</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Y%C5%ABnagi_(1924)" title="Japanese destroyer Yūnagi (1924)"><i>Yūnagi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z24" title="German destroyer Z24"><i>Z24</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Samidare_(1935)" title="Japanese destroyer Samidare (1935)"><i>Samidare</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-188" title="German submarine U-188"><i>U-188</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_404_Baden" title="German trawler V 404 Baden"><i>V 404 Baden</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_411_Saarland" title="German trawler V 411 Saarland"><i>V 411 Saarland</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Britomart_(J22)" title="HMS Britomart (J22)">HMS <i>Britomart</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Richelieu-class_battleship#Clemenceau_and_Gascogne" title="Richelieu-class battleship"><i>Clemenceau</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hussar_(J82)" title="HMS Hussar (J82)">HMS <i>Hussar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Aug: <a href="/wiki/SS_John_Barry" title="SS John Barry"><i>John Barry</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_407_Dorum" title="German trawler V 407 Dorum"><i>V 407 Dorum</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Aug: <a href="/wiki/SS_De_Grasse" title="SS De Grasse"><i>De Grasse</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Abraham_van_der_Hulst_(1937)" title="HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst (1937)"><i>M553</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Shirataka" title="Japanese minelayer Shirataka"><i>Shirataka</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Condorcet" title="French battleship Condorcet"><i>Condorcet</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Kulmerland_(ship)" title="Kulmerland (ship)"><i>Kulmerland</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MV_Bianca_C." title="MV Bianca C."><i>Marechal Petain</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-925" title="German submarine U-925"><i>U-925</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">4 Aug: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Verdala" title="SS Verdala">Maycrest</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Aug: <a href="/wiki/HM_LST-404" title="HM 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