German trawler V 412 Bremerhaven

History
Name	Ernst Kühling (1927-37); Bremerhaven (1937–41);
Namesake	Bremerhaven
Owner	Hochseefischerei Julius Weeting AG (1927–34); Nordsee Deutsche Hochsee Fisherei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1934–39); Kriegsmarine (1939–40);
Port of registry	Bremerhaven, Germany (1927–33); Nordenham, Germany (1933–34); Wesermünde, Germany 1934–39); Kriegsmarine (1939–41);
Builder	Schiffswerft von Henry Koch AG
Yard number	270
Launched	August 1927
Completed	24 September 1927
Commissioned	23 November 1939
Out of service	25 November 1941
Identification	Code Letters OVLS (1927–34); ; Fishing boat registration BX 193 (1927–30); Fishing boat registration ON 127 (1930–34); Code Letters DNOK (1934–53); ; Fishing boat registration PG 468 (1934–39); Pennant Number V 412 (1939–41);
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk
General characteristics
Type	Fishing trawler (1927–39); Vorpostenboot (1939–40);
Tonnage	371 GRT, 139 NRT
Length	50.78 metres (166 ft 7 in)
Beam	7.90 metres (25 ft 11 in)
Draught	3.57 metres (11 ft 9 in)
Depth	4.30 metres (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	Triple expansion steam engine, 86nhp
Propulsion	Single screw propeller
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)

Bremerhaven was a German fishing trawler that was built in 1929 as Ernst Kühling. She was renamed Bremerhaven in 1937. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War for use as a vorpostenboot, serving as V 412 Bremerhaven. She was torpedoed and sunk in November 1941.

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