German trawler V 403 Deutschland

Deutschland was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as a Vorpostenboot.

She struck a mine and sank off the Dutch coast in August 1940.

The engine powered a single screw propeller driven via a low pressure turbine and double reduction gearing.

[1] The ship was built as yard number 521 by Deschimag Seekbeckwerft, Wesermünde for the Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG, Bremerhaven.

[3] On 5 September 1940, she struck a mine and sank in the Westerschelde off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.