SG12
4700 t (max)Displacement
102,50 mLength
14,3 knSpeed
21.06.1944 in German servicesService status

Wartime history

Capture and service

The transport ship Djebel Dira was captured by German troops in Marseilles on 11.12.1942. Renamed to SG12 it served as an escort vessel in the Mediterranean until it was badly damaged by a torpedo fired by the British submarine P42. After repairs, it was recommissioned as antiaircraft ship and mine layer M6062 on 21.06.1944. The ship was destroyed on 28.08.1944 in Marseilles and scrapped in 1947.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
4700 t (max)
Length
102,50 m
Beam
13,59 m
Draft
5,6 m

Armament

Performance

Machinery and speed
3650 shp, 14,3 kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Walker o.T., 1930
Launched
13.02.1930
Commissioned
21.06.1944 in German services
Fate
sunk 28.08.1944