M6 1922
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| M5 (ex-M74), 1936- Murature, 1938- Cormoran | 1936- A5 | 625 | Vulcan, Bremen, Germany | 1917 | 26.4.1918 | 6.1918 // 1922 | dispatch vessel 1938, museum 1940 |
| M6 (ex-M79), 1936- Pinedo | 1936- A6 | 406 | Seebeck, Geestemünde, Germany | 1917 | 15.1.1919 | 3.1919 // 1922 | stricken 7.1951 |
| M7 (ex-M80), 1936- Py | 1936- A7 | 407 | Seebeck, Geestemünde, Germany | 1917 | 15.1.1919 | 4.1919 // 1922 | capsized 22.10.1936 |
| M8 (ex-M90), 1936- Seguí | 1936- A8 | 701 | Tecklenborg, Geestemünde, Germany | 1917 | 29.12.1917 | 1.1918 // 1922 | stricken 4.1950 |
| M9 (ex-M101), 1936- Thorne | 1936- A9 | 156 | Atlaswerke, Bremen, Germany | 1917 | 20.4.1918 | 6.1918 // 1922 | stricken 8.1948 |
| M10 (ex-M105) | 516 | Reiherstieg, Hamburg, Germany | 1917 | 6.7.1918 | 10.1918 // 1922 | state yacht Golondrina 1925 |
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Displacement standard, t |
M5 - 7: 515 M8: 505 M9: 525 M10: 508 |
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Displacement full, t |
M5 - 7: 553 M8: 548 M9: 564 M10: 550 |
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Length, m |
M5: 55.0 wl 58.2 oa M6 - 9: 56.0 wl 59.3 oa M10: 56.1 wl 59.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
M5, 8, 10: 7.30 M6, 7, 9: 7.40 |
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Draught, m |
M5: 2.25 M6, 7: 2.23 M8, 10: 2.15 M9: 2.28 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Marine boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
M5: 1790 M6, 7, 9, 10: 1850 M8: 1840 |
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Max speed, kts |
M5 - 7, 9, 10: 16 M8: 16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
M5, 8 - 10: coal 115 M6, 7: coal 120 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(14) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 76/46 Maxim-Nordenfelt 14pdr 18cwt, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
40 |
Project history: In 1921-1922 Argentina has bought in Germany 10 minesweepers. M48, 51-53 concerned to type 1915 and in Argentina Navy received numbers M1-4; and M74, 79, 80, 90, 101, 105 were of type 1916 and some time after purchase were called Meta, Melitta, Margot, Marianne, Margarita, Mecha, but soon received numbers M5-10.
Modernizations: 1923, M10; 1924, M6; 1927, M8; 1931, M5: boilers were converted to oil fuel (130t of oil, 1850hp, 16.3kts, 3400(10)nm)
Naval service: In 1925 M10
was converted to presidential yacht Golondrina, in 1958
she was BU.
Py
was stricken in 1937 and was used as hulk.
Murature in 1938
was re-rated to dispatch vessel, renamed Cormoran, since 1940 on present time
she is preserved as museum. Remaining ships in 1940
re-classified to avisos.
M7 1930
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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