Søløven 1940
Søhunden 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Søløven | M1, 4.1951- M543, 8.1957- P578 | 161 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 5.1938 | 3.12.1938 | 7.1939 | captured by Germany 29.8.1943 (MA1), returned 5.1945, stricken 4.1959 |
| Søbjørnen | M2 | 162 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 5.1938 | 16.2.1939 | 9.1939 | scuttled 29.8.1943 |
| Søulven | M3 | 163 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 12.1938 | 18.7.1939 | 6.1940 | scuttled 29.8.1943 |
| Søridderen | M4, 4.1951- M544, 8.1957- P579 | 171 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 7.1941 | 11.4.1942 | 7.1942 | captured by Germany 29.8.1943 (MA4), returned 5.1945, stricken 7.1967 |
| Søhesten | M5, 4.1951- M541, 8.1957- P576 | 172 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 7.1941 | 30.4.1942 | 9.1942 | captured by Germany 29.8.1943 (MA5), returned 5.1945, stricken 4.1959 |
| Søhunden | M6, 4.1951- M542, 8.1957- P577 | 173 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen | 7.1941 | 15.5.1942 | 11.1942 | scuttled 29.8.1943, returned by Germany 5.1945, stricken 7.1962 |
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Displacement standard, t |
270 |
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Displacement full, t |
304 |
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Length, m |
53.6 |
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Breadth, m |
6.39 |
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Draught, m |
1.99 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 set Atlas geared steam turbines, 1 Thornycroft boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
2200 |
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Max speed, kts |
19.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 30 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 510(19.5) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/38 M.29, 2 x 1 - 20/56 Madsen, 4 x 1 - 8.80, 2 DCT, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
48 |
Project history: First purpose-built modern minesweepers of Danish Navy, could also serve as minelayers. Survived ships, returned by Germans, were reclassified in 1957 to patrol boats.
Modernizations: 1945, all survived were returned being armed with 1 x 1 - 75/40 M29, 1 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear
1948, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 37/83; + 1 x 1 - 75/40 M29, 2 x 1 - 8.80
1951, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 75/40, 2 x 1 - 20/65, 2 x 1 - 8.80; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT (20), sonar
1956 - 1957, all survived: - minesweeping gear; + 2 DCT (totally 24 DC), radar
Naval service: Søbjørnen, Søulven and Søhunden were scuttled at Holmen 29.8.1943, salvaged by Germans, but only Søhunden entered German service under name ÌÀ6 (later Vs1204 and Vs66); in May, 1945 she was returned to Denmark.
Søhesten, Søløven and Søridderen were captured by Germans 29.8.1943 and under names ÌÀ5 (later Vs1203 and Vs65), MA1 and ÌÀ4 (later Vs1202 and Vs64) respectively, have commissioned by German Navy; in May, 1945 they were returned to Denmark.
Søridderen 1946
Søløven 1953
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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