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K-U-K MARINE - AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY (AUSTRIA-HUNGARY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

CHAMÄLEON minelayer (1914)

Chamäleon 1914

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Chamäleon     Pola Marinearsenal 1912 15.12.1913 12/1914 to United Kingdom 1920

 

Displacement normal, t

1165

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

88.2

Breadth, m

9.20

Draught, m

2.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 90/42 G. L/45 K.12 TAG/BAG, 240 mines

Complement

154

Project history: Most modern Austrian minelayer.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Chamäleon 1916

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