The ship was 45.75 metres (150 ft 1 in) long, with a beam of 7.40 metres (24 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 4.22 metres (13 ft 10 in) and a draught of 3.34 metres (10 ft 11 in).[1] She was powered by a four-cylinder compound steam engine, which had two cylinders of 32 centimetres (12+5⁄8 in) and two of 66 centimetres (26 in) diameter by 66 centimetres (26 in) stroke. The engine was made by Christiansen & Mayer, Harburg. It was rated at 57nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller.[2] It could propel the ship at 11 knots (20 km/h).[1] She was assessed at 282 GRT, 109 NRT.[2]
History
Claus Bolten was built as yard number 219 by Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser m.b.H, Wesermünde, Germany.[1] She was launched on 25 September 1937 and completed on 17 December. She was built for the Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei, Cuxhaven.[1] The Code Letters RGCK were allocated,[2] as was the fishing boat registration HC 186. On 8 March 1929, she was sold to the Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG.[1] On 22 January 1932, she was one of seven trawlers that put in to Reyjkjavík, Iceland having been damaged by severe weather. Claus Bolten had her funnel carried away.[3] In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to DHED.[4]
^ abc"Claus Bolten (57064)"(PDF). Lloyd's Register: Trawlers &c. CIM-CLO (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1930–1931. Retrieved 5 June 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
^"Casualty reports". The Times. No. 46038. London. 23 January 1932. col D, p. 19.
^"Claus Bolten (58425)"(PDF). Lloyd's Register: Chalutiers &c. CLA-CLE (in English and French). London: Lloyd's Register. 1934–1935. Retrieved 5 June 2022 – via Southampton City Council.
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