Somme 1947
Meuse 1947
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
"1935" type | |||||||
Ailette (ex-M24) | A20, 1950- M605 | 261 | Flender-Werft, Lübeck, Germany | 7.1939 | 12.10.1940 | 2.1941 // 10.1947 | to West Germany 2.1957 (Wespe) |
Somme (ex-M9) | A22, 1950- M603 | 244 | Flender-Werft, Lübeck, Germany | 3.1937 | 16.11.1937 | 5.1939 // 10.1947 | BU 1955 |
"1938" type | |||||||
Meuse (ex-M28) | A23, 1950- M601 | 744 | Stülcken, Hamburg, Germany | 12.1939 | 29.7.1940 | 5.1941 // 10.1947 | BU 1955 |
Bapaume (ex-M35) | A29 | 1437 | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 4.1940 | 9.11.1940 | 9.1941 // 10.1947 | BU 1950 |
"1939 (Mob)" type | |||||||
Ancre (ex-M252) | A21, 1950- M611 | 286 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany | 3.1940 | 27.9.1940 | 2.1941 // 10.1947 | BU 1955 |
Oise (ex-M38) | A24, 1950- M602 | 367 | Atlaswerke, Bremen, Germany | 5.1940 | 28.2.1941 | 12.1941 // 10.1947 | BU 1955 |
Yser (ex-M85) | A25, 1950- M604 | 431 | Lübecker Maschinenbau, Germany | 1940 | 6.12.1941 | 9.1942 // 10.1947 | to West Germany 2.1957 (Brummer) |
Belfort (ex-M205) | A26, 1950- M606 | 498 | Neptun, Rostock, Germany | 10.1940 | 3.5.1941 | 11.1941 // 10.1947 | to West Germany 2.1957 (Biene) |
Péronne (ex-M251) | A27 | 285 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany | 1.1940 | 12.7.1940 | 12.1940 // 10.1947 | BU 1950 |
Vimy (ex-M253) | A28, 1950- M608 | 287 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany | 1940 | 23.11.1940 | 4.1941 // 10.1947 | to West Germany 2.1957 (Bremse) |
Laffaux (ex-M81) | A30, 1950- M607 | 427 | Lübecker Maschinenbau, Germany | 1940 | 20.12.1940 | 7.1941 // 10.1947 | to West Germany 2.1957 (Hummel) |
Craonne (ex-M202) | A31 | 495 | Neptun, Rostock, Germany | 3.1940 | 29.9.1940 | 4.1941 // 10.1947 | BU 1950 |
Displacement standard, t |
"1935": 682 "1938": 713 "1939 (Mob)": 785 |
Displacement full, t |
"1935": 874 "1938": 908 "1939 (Mob)": 878 |
Length, m |
"1935": 66.0 wl 68.1 oa "1938": 66.6 wl 71.0 oa "1939 (Mob)": 66.6 wl 68.4 oa |
Breadth, m |
"1935", "1939 (Mob)": 8.70 "1938": 9.20 |
Draught, m |
2.12 normal 2.65 deep load |
No of shafts |
M1, 2: 2 Voith-Schneider M3 - 24, "1938", "1939": 2 |
Machinery |
2 Lentz SE, 2 Wagner or La Mont boilers |
Power, h. p. |
"1935": 3500 "1938": 3200 "1939 (Mob)": 3700 |
Max speed, kts |
18.1 - 18.3 |
Fuel, t |
"1935", "1939 (Mob)": oil 143 "1938": oil 155 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000(10) |
Armament |
"1935": 2 x 1 - 105/45 Tbts C/16, 1 x 2 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 30 mines, 2 DCT (12), mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear "1938": 2 x 1 - 105/45 Tbts C/16, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 30 mines, 2 DCT (12), mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear "1939 (Mob)": 2 x 1 - 105/45 Tbts C/16, 1 x 2 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 30 mines, 2 DCT (20), mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear |
Electronic equipment | GHG sonar |
Complement |
"1935": 84 "1938": 97 "1939 (Mob)": 95 - 119 |
Project history: Former German minesweepers, transferred to France.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015