Cruel Seas: German Siebel Ferry (2) HUNGARIAN & RUSSIAN The wars involved enormous numbers

The wars involved enormous numbers of soldiers

This provides enough components to construct a wooden halt with a horizontal raised platform of 980mm (38

(as per pictures below)

500 tons and could reach speeds of 22 knots

Cruel Seas: German Siebel Ferry (2) HUNGARIAN & RUSSIAN The wars involved enormous numbersDubbed the Kleine fhre (small ferry) the Siebel ferry would prove it's self a highly useful and adaptable vessel. Aircraft designer Fritz Siebel (A commissioned a colonel in the Luftwaffe) had been assigned his own Sonderkommando (special command) for improvising Luftwaffe invasion craft for Operation Sea Lion. Colonel Siebel's ferry used flat bottomed pontoons that were squared off in front. In combination with the vessels wide cargo deck, this made