German trawler V 404 Baden

History
Name
  • Jakob Goldschmidt (1930–33)
  • Baden (1933–45)
  • Docteur Edmond Papin (1945–61)
Namesake
Owner
  • Hochseefischerei J. Wieting AG (1930–3439)
  • Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1934–39)
  • Kriegsmarine (1939–45)
  • Sociètè Française de Cabotage (1947–61)
Operator
  • Owner operated except:
  • Nordsee Deutsche Hochseefischerei Bremen-Cuxhaven AG (1930–34)
Port of registry
BuilderSchiffswerft von Henry Koch AG
Yard number286
LaunchedJune 1930
CompletedJuly 1930
Commissioned21 September 1939
DecommissionedMay 1945
Identification
  • Code Letters NKHS (1930–34)
  • Fishing boat registration ON 145 (1930–34)
  • Code Letters DNOV (1934-44)
  • Fishing boat registration PG 480 (1934–39)
  • Code Letters FPUW (1947–61)
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Type
Tonnage321 GRT, 126 NRT
Length43.60 metres (143 ft 1 in)
Beam7.40 metres (24 ft 3 in)
Draught3.68 metres (12 ft 1 in)
Depth4.28 metres (14 ft 1 in)
Installed powerTriple expansion steam engine, 73nhp
PropulsionSingle screw propeller
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)

V 404 Baden was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War for use as a vorpostenboot. She was built in 1930 as Jakob Goldschmidt and was renamed Baden in 1933. She served as V 214 Baden and V 404 Baden. Scuttled in 1944, she was raised post war and became the French cargo ship Docteur Edmond Papin. Sold to the United Kingdom in 1961, she was scrapped the next year.