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The German ship ''Doggerbank'' (Schiff 53) was a German auxiliary minelayer and blockade runner in the Second World War.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ships hit by U-boats: ''Doggerbank'' )〕 Laid down as the UK merchant vessel ''Speybank'' in 1926, the vessel was captured in 1941 by the , converted to an auxiliary minelayer for the ''Kriegsmarine'' and renamed ''Doggerbank''. After laying mines off the coast of South Africa, it travelled to Japan. On the return trip, it was accidentally sunk by German submarine U-43, with all but one of the 365 men on board (108 crew plus 257 prisoners-of-war) lost at sea.〔 ==History== ''Speybank'' was built in 1926 at Harland & Wolff at Govan, Glasgow for Andrew Weir & Co. The ship was captured on 31 January 1941 by German auxiliary cruiser ''Atlantis'' in the Indian Ocean. ''Speybank'' was sent back to France under the command of Paul Schneidewind and reached Bordeaux on 10 May 1941.〔 The ship was taken over by the German ''Kriegsmarine'' in 1941, renamed ''Doggerbank'' – ''Schiff 53'' (German: "Ship 53"), and converted to an auxiliary minelayer. It remained under the command of ''Kapitänleutnant'' Paul Schneidewind.〔 ''Doggerbank'' left France in January 1942 to lay mines of the coast of South Africa and then to proceed to Japan. The mines were laid successfully in March/April 1942 and ''Doggerbank'' arrived in Japan later that year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「German ship Doggerbank」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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