Phönix was a cargo ship built in 1913 by Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin, Germany for Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG, Bremen, Germany. She served with a number of German shipping lines before being requisitioned in 1939 by the Kriegsmarine as VP-106 Phönix, later serving as Sperrbrecher 36 and Sperrbrecher 136. She was scuttled at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France on 25 August 1944.
The ship was 236feet long, with a beam of 32feet and a depth of 13feet. She was assessed at, . She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of NaNinches, NaNinches and NaNinches diameter by 48inches stroke. The engine was built by Stettiner Oderwereke. It was rated at 205nhp and drove a single screw propeller.[1]
Phönix was built by Stettiner Oderwerke, Stettin, Germany for Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG, Bremen.[2] She was launched on 28 January 1913.[3] Her port of registry was Bremen and the Code Letters QKGL were allocated.[1]
In 1923, Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Argo AG merged with the Roland Line, which was itself absorbed by Norddeutscher Lloyd in 1925/26. Phönix was transferred to Argo Reederei AG in 1933, then to Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co. in 1937.[2] Her Code Letters changed to DOBK in 1934.[4]
On 1 October 1939, Phönix was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as a Vorpostenboot. She served with 1 Vorpostenbootflotille as VP-106 Phönix. She was transferred to 3 Sperrbrecherflotille on 1 October 1940 and was designated Sperrbrecher 36, beinhg redesignated Sperrbrecher 136 on 1 August 1941.[3] She was scuttled by her crew at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France on 25 August 1944.[2]