by Hornbeam » Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:11 pm
G.A. Dennis, after some further searching I found to her to be HMS Deepwater the former German War Prize 'Walter Holtzapfel' an interesting vessel in that her twin Diesel engines had been fitted with a Hydrogen Peroxide injection system to improve her speed, she was sailed to G.B.with her German Crew running the engines which they tried to sabotage apparently.
The RN tried to run her using the Hydrogen Peroxide system but then disconnected it as being far too dangerous and carried on using her without it until she went alongside Vernon as a dead ship for Divers to practice their skills on. I was looking for her under Minelayers as she had rail tracks welded to her Aft Deck when I saw her like the Plover but although she is down as a Seaplane Tender I think she was actually a Torpedo Recovery Vessel for the German Navy.
Thank You for your suggestion.