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Name: VEGESACK
Launched: 03/1939
Completed: 24/08/1943
Builder: Deschimag - Deutsche Schiff-und Maschinenbau AG Werk Seebeck, Geestemünde
Yard Number: 624
Dimensions: 142grt, 0nrt, 87.9 x 23.1 x 11.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (310, 510 & 850 x 650mm), 94nhp, 800ihp
Engines By: Deschimag - Deutsche Schiff-und Maschinenbau AG Werk Seebeck, Geestemünde
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1945: 169204)
History:
03/1939 URAG - Unterweser Reederei AG; registered at Bremen
1943 Kriegsmarinewerft, Kiel
1945 Ministry of War Transport; renamed EXEMPLAR
08/1945 Lawson-Batey Tugs Ltd appointed managers; registered at Newcastle
02/1946 Transferred to the US War Shipping Administration
c1947 Transferred to the US Maritime Commission
c1952 Transferred to the US Dept of Commerce
1954 Transferred to the French Government (Travaux Publics), Paris
No later history known
Comments: 1945: Allocated as a war prize to the UK
02/1946: Transferred to a French port
1964: Still in service


Above photo as VEGESACK courtesy of Piet Van Damme