German trawler V 210 Hinrich Hey

Hinrich Hey was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War for use as a Vorpostenboot. She was sunk in the English Channel by British motor torpedo boats in July 1944.

Description
Hinrich Hey was 55.00 m long, with a beam of 8.17 m. She had a depth of 4.62 m and a draught of 3.74 m. She was assessed at,. She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 13+3/4 in, 34+5/8 in and 34+5/8 in diameter by 25+5/8 in stroke. The engine was made by Deschimag Seebeckwerft, Wesermünde. It was rated at 127nhp. The engine powered a single screw propeller driven via a geared low pressure turbine. It could propel the ship at 12 kn.

History
Hinrich Hey was built as yard number 681 by Norderwerft Köser & Mayer, Hamburg for Julius H. Fock and Hans J. M. Pickenpack, Hamburg. She was launched on 6 October 1934 and completed on 8 December. The fishing boat registration HH 214 was allocated, as were the Code Letters DJNJ.

On 24 September 1939, Hinrich Hey was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated to 2 Vorpostenflotille as V 212 Hinrich Hey. She was redesignated V 210 Hinrich Hey on 20 October. On 4 July 1944, she was sunk in the English Channel (48.66667°N, -2.61667°W) by the motor torpedo boats HMMTB 734, HMMTB 735, HMMTB 743 and HMMTB 748 of the Royal Navy. V 208 R. Walther Darré was also sunk in the battle. V 209 Dr. Rudolf Wahrendorff and the minesweeper GERMAN MINESWEEPER M 4622 were damaged.