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

The engine was made by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde, Germany.

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

[2] Haltenbank was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine on 20 September 1939 for use as a vorpostenboot.

[4] On 19 February 1943, she was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Bilbao, Spain (43°29′00″N 2°57′30″W / 43.48333°N 2.95833°W / 43.48333; -2.95833) by the United States Navy submarine USS Blackfish,[4] which V 404 Baden counterattacked and damaged.