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

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

MT.VIII minetenders-minesweepers/tugs (1909-1918)

Names

MT.VIII - XVII, 1917- T.53 - 62

T.63 - 77

Builders

STT, Triest: MT.VIII - XII, T.63 - T.71

Danubius, Fiume: MT.XIII - XVII, T.72 - 77

Commissioned

1909: MT.VIII - XVII

1918: T.63 - 71

Losses

BU incomplete: T.72 - 77

Transfers

Italy, 1920: 12 boats

Yugoslavia, 1920: 7 boats

Discarding

None

 

Displacement normal, t

47

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

18.0

Breadth, m

4.30

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

170

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/40 SFK L/44 S, 1 x 1 - 8.80, mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

12

Project history: Small tugs, also can be used as minetenders and minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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