Type 139 patrol trawler [SEP] service entry
the Federal German Navy was established in 1956, "Dochet" and "Flint" were acquired and classified as Type 139 patrol trawlers. "Dochet" was named while "Flint" became . As operated by Germany, both ships were long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of .
Since the days of World War I, Germany had had a tradition of employing patrol trawlers. The type was classified before 1945 as a Vorpostenboot (literally, "outpost boat"). In the Federal
Navy frigate.
Trawler classes.
- Portuguese class
- Type 139
See also.
- - an armed trawler
- "Tuman" - Soviet naval trawler that was involved (and sunk) in the Kildin Island engagement ["August 4th, 1941"]
- Minesweepers of the Royal New Zealand Navy
- Naval drifter
- Royal Naval Patrol Service
- Trawlers of the Royal Navy
External links.
- The Trawlers go to War
- Memorial site to a trawler skipper