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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ME1016 minesweepers (1943-1944/1945)

ME1016 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ME1016 (ex-MMS1016)   83 Herd & McKenzie, Buckie, UK   19.6.1943 9.1943 // 1945 wrecked 29.1.1946
ME1038 (ex-MMS1038)     Richards Ironworks, Lowestoft, UK   30.3.1943 8.1943 // 1945 to UK 1950 (MMS1038)
ME1042 (ex-MMS1042)     Humphrey & Smith, Grimsby, UK   15.6.1943 9.1943 // 1945 to UK 1950 (MMS1042)
ME1044 (ex-MMS1044)   35 Wivenhoe Shipyard, UK   30.12.1943 9.1944 // 1945 to UK 1950 (MMS1044)

Displacement standard, t

 360

Displacement full, t

 430

Length, m

 42.7

Breadth, m

 8.51

Draught, m

 3.15 deep load

No of shafts

 1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 54
Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(9.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Complement

 21

Project history: Enlarged variant of 115ft MMS. Wooden hull, acoustic and magnetic sweeping gears. 4 ships were transferred to Denmark on loan from RN.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: MMS1016 had accidentally sunk 29.1.1946.

MMS1001 1946

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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