M 1507 Teutonia was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as an auxiliary minesweeper. Built as Teutonia, she served as M 1507 Teutonia, the vorpostenboot V 204 Teutonia and M 4628 Teutonia. She became the French fishing trawler Rouget post-war and was scrapped in 1961.
The ship was 53.8m (176.5feet) long, with a beam of 8.3m (27.2feet). She had a depth of 4.65m (15.26feet) and a draught of 4.1m (13.5feet). She was assessed at, . She was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of NaNinches, 24inches and NaNinches diameter by NaNinches stroke. The engine was built by Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel, Germany. It was rated at 121nhp.[1]
Teutonia was built as yard number 736 by Howaldtswerke, Hamburg, Germany for N. Ebsling, Bremerhaven.[1] She was launched on 17 June 1937 and completed on 23 July. The fishing boat registration BX 258 was allocated, as were the Code Letters DOSP.[1]
On 28 September 1939, Teutonia was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine for use as an auxiliary minesweeper. She was allocated to 15 Minensuchflotille as M 1507. On 15 April 1940, she was escorting the steamships, and along with the minesweepers M 1501 Gauleiter Burkel, M 1502 Wien, M 1503 Holstein, M 1505 Tirol, M 1506 Ostfriesland, M 1503 Kurmark, the submarine chaser and two R boats when the convoy was attacked off the Oslofjord by the submarine . A torpedo fired at Bahia Castillo narrowly missed the ship.[2] In March 1943, 15 Minensuchflotille was disbanded.[3] On 29 April 1943, She was allocated to 2 Vorpostenflotille, becoming the vorpostenboot V 214 Teutonia. On 1 December 1944, she was transferred to 46 Minensuchflotille as M 4628 Teutonia.[4]
Post war, she was seized by France, becoming the merchant fishing trawler Rouget in 1948. She was owned by P. Le Garrec, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. The Code Letters FPUD were allocated.[5] By 1960, she had been sold to Armament Guille Frères, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. Her Code Letters were then FOQR.[6] She was scrapped in 1961.