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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

MINEKRAN NR.5 minelayers (1917-1919)

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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