M 6611

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Colleagues,

please help me find out what kind of vessel the minesweeper M-6611 was and in which convoy it was sunk 5/4/1943 at Cape Bon.
Am 5. April 1943 räumten R 14, R 15 und R 16 mit weiteren Minensuchbooten vor Zembra Minen. Über Cap Bon wurden dabei schwere Luftkämpfe beobachtet, wobei mehrere Ju 52 abgeschossen wurden. 15 zweimotoriger Bomber griffen zusätzlich die Boote mit Bomben und Bordwaffen an. M 6611 wurde in Brand geschossen und sank eine Stunde später.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Sicherungsflott/RFlot-R.htm
One auxiliary motor minesweeper was sunk during an
enemy air attack on motor minesweepers and auxiliary
motor minesweepers off the Tunisian coast. Some of
the other vessels were damaged. There were
casualties on two motor minesweepers. The vessels
arc no longer operational. Other air raids on
Bizerta and Tunis as well as on the ships beached
near Zobib, caused no damage.

https://archive.org/stream/wardiarygermann441943germ/wardiarygermann441943germ_djvu.txt


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According to war diary 6th Minesweeper flottilla it was HR 1 (M 4231) that was sunk. According to Gröner another name for this auxilliary minesweeper from 66th Hilfsräumflottille was HR 6611.
The original name seems to be Magermo.

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Thorsten, thank you very much!