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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

"MAL" type small fire support landing ships (1943-1945)

MAL1

MAL13

MAL37

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
"MAL I" type
MAL1     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 5.1943 sunk 29.10.1943
MAL2     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 5.1943 sunk 26.8.1944
MAL3     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 5.1943 sunk 29.10.1943
MAL4     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 5.1943 sunk 29.8.1944
MAL5     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 8.1943 sunk 19.10.1944
MAL6     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 5.1943 sunk 19.10.1944
MAL7     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 5.1943 sunk 20.10.1944
MAL8     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 6.1943 sunk 18.9.1943
MAL9     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 6.1943 sunk 29.10.1943
MAL10     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 6.1943 sunk 29.10.1943
MAL11     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 6.1943 sunk 29.10.1943
MAL12     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1943 8.1943 captured by United Kingdom 8.5.1945
"MAL Ia" type
MAL13     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 5.1944 sunk 27.7.1944
MAL14     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 5.1944 sunk 19.9.1944
MAL15     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 5.1944 sunk 20.7.1944
MAL16     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 5.1944 sunk 2.8.1944
MAL17     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 6.1944 sunk 19.7.1944
MAL18     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 6.1944 sunk 30.8.1944
MAL19     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 6.1944 sunk 19.7.1944
MAL20     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 6.1944 sunk 20.8.1944
MAL21     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 6.1944 sunk 19.9.1944
MAL22     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 7.1944 wrecked 16.8.1944
MAL23     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 7.1944 sunk 30.8.1944
MAL24     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 7.1944 sunk 30.8.1944
MAL25     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 3.1944 wrecked 9.11.1944
MAL26     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 3.1944  
MAL27     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 --- sunk incomplete 7.10.1944
MAL28     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 12.1944 captured by USA 10.5.1945
MAL29     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 --- sunk incomplete 7.10.1944
MAL30     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 12.1944 captured by USA 10.5.1945
MAL31     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 7.1944 // --- to Finland before completion (M31)
MAL32     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 7.1944 // --- to Finland before completion (M32)
MAL33     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 7.1944 // --- to Finland before completion (M33)
MAL34     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 --- to Finland before completion (M34), incomplete
MAL35     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 --- BU incomplete
MAL36     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 --- BU incomplete
"MAL II" type
MAL37     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- sunk incomplete 7.3.1945
MAL38     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 1945 never commissioned, to Soviet Union 1946, wrecked 19.2.1946
MAL39     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 --- completed as PiLB43/I
MAL40     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 --- completed as PiLB43/II
MAL41     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 12.1944 surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1946
MAL42     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 12.1944 surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1946
MAL43     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 5.1945 never commissioned, surrendered 5.1945, sold
MAL44     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1944 4.1945 surrendered 5.1945, sold
MAL39 (ex-MAL45)     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 1945 surrendered 5.1945, sold
MAL40 (ex-MAL46)     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 5.1945 never commissioned, surrendered 5.1945, sold
MAL47     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 1945 never commissioned, to Soviet Union 3.1946
MAL48     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL49     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL50     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL51     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL52     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL53     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL54     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL55     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL56     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL57     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL58     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL59     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete
MAL60     Krupp, Rheinhausen   1945 --- BU incomplete

 

Displacement standard, t

MAL II: 225

Displacement full, t

MAL I: 140

MAL Ia: 146

MAL II: 277

Length, m

MAL I: 34.2

MAL Ia: 34.3

MAL II: 35.5

Breadth, m

MAL I, Ia: 7.72

MAL II: 8.60

Draught, m

MAL I: 0.87 deep load

MAL Ia: 0.83 deep load

MAL II: 1.19 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Deutz diesels

Power, h. p.

260

Max speed, kts

MAL I: 8.5

MAL Ia, II: 8

Fuel, t

MAL I: diesel oil 4.9

MAL Ia, II: diesel oil 5.2

Endurance, nm(kts)

MAL I: 790(8.5)

MAL II: 790(8)

Armament

MAL I: 2 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/35, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38 or 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 1 - 86 R Ag M42/43 AA rocket launcher

MAL Ia: 2 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/35, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38

MAL II: 2 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38

Complement

28 - 29

Project history: Ships had an open cargo hold with army guns installed; in transport variant they can carry 200 troops or 80t of cargo. They can be disassembled on sections for transportation by trucks and by rail. Since MAL7 CT was defended by 25mm armour. Four units were transferred to Finland. In operations 27 units were lost.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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