German weather ship WBS 6 Kehdingen

History
Germany
Name
  • Volkswohl (1929–39)
  • Kehdingen (1939–44)
Owner
  • Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1929–33)
  • German Government (1933–39)
  • Kriegsmarine (1939–44)
Operator
  • Deutsche Hochsee Fischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1929–33)
  • Reichsministerium für Ernührung und Landwirtschaft (1933–39)
  • Kriegsmarine (1939–44)
Port of registry
BuilderDeutsche Werke AG
Yard number208
Launched23 March 1929
CompletedDecember 1929
Identification
  • Code Letters RHMJ (1929–34)
  • Code Letters DIFL (1934-39)
FateScuttled, 1 September 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage493 GRT, 188 NRT
Length48.92 metres (160 ft 6 in)
Beam8.74 metres (28 ft 8 in)
Depth4.34 metres (14 ft 3 in)
Installed powerDiesel engine, 209 nhp
PropulsionSingle screw propeller
Complement25, plus 10 meteorologists (WWII)

Kehdingen was a fishing trawler that was built in 1929 as Volkswohl. She was renamed Kehdingen in 1938 and was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1939. She served until 1944 when she was scuttled off the east coast of Greenland.