Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Minekran Nr.V, 1933- Kvintus | 5 | 123 | Orlogsværftets, København | 1916 | 16.2.1917 | 1917 | scuttled 29.8.1943 |
Minekran Nr. VI, 1933- Sixtus | 6 | 130 | Orlogsværftets, København | 1918 | 21.12.1918 | 1919 | scuttled 29.8.1943 |
Displacement normal, t |
186 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
27.0 |
Breadth, m |
6.30 |
Draught, m |
2.00 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Bergsund surface-ignition heavy-oil motors-generators, 2 electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
290 |
Max speed, kts |
8 |
Fuel, t |
heavy fuel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 37/38 Bofors, 60 mines |
Complement |
26 |
Project history: Small minelayers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Both were scuttled by crews 29.8.1943, salvaged by Germans, again scuttled in 1945. They were again salvaged, repaired and entered service with East Germany Navy as patrol and training vessels Fürstenberg and Prenzlau. Former was broken up in 1973, and latter was yet transferred this year to youth organization as Freundschaft.
Sixtus
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