Brandenburg 1943
Cobra 1940
Doggerbank 1942
Elsass 1943
Hansestadt Danzig 1940
Kiebitz 1944
Niedersachsen 1943
Tannenberg 1941
Wullenwever 1941
Zeus 1944
more than 1000 BRT
|
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT (disp., t) |
Dimensions, m (length pp) |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
| Barbara (ex-St. Denis) | 1908 // --- | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 2435 (1900) | 104.5x13.2x3.7 | 19 | 3 steam turbines, 2 boilers, 9500 | conversion incomplete | |
| Brandenburg (ex-Kita) | 1936 // 5.1943 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 3894 | 106.7x15.0x5.7 | 15 | 2 geared steam turbines, 3 boilers, 4800 | 3 x 1 - 105/42, 3 - 37, 18 - 20, 6 DC (100), 260 mines | sunk 21.9.1943 |
| Bulgaria | 8.1894 // 3.1942 | W. Richardson, Aberdeen, UK | 1108 | 77.8x10.2x5.8 | 10 | VTE, 2 boilers, 1200 | sunk 8.10.1943 | |
| Cobra | 14.1.1926 // 8.1939 - 27.8.1942 | Vulcan, Stettin | 2131 (2760) | 87.4x12.2x3.0 | 17 | 2 geared steam turbines, 2 boilers, 3600 | 2 x 1 - 88/42, 1 - 37, 2 - 20, 150 mines | sunk 27.8.1942 |
| Cyrnos (SG13) | 21.3.1929 // 5.1943 | Weser, Bremen | 2406 (3230) | 94.5x12.5x5.8 | 16.1 | 2 diesels, 3700 | 3 x 1 - 105/60, 2 - 37, 16 - 20, mines | scuttled 24.8.1944 |
| Doggerbank (ex-Speybank) (Schiff 53) | 4.1926 // 3.1942 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK | 5154 | 133.7x16.4x7.8 | 11 | 2 diesels, 2300 | 1 x 1 - 105/42, 2 - 20, 155 mines | sunk 4.3.1943 |
| Elsass (ex-Côte d`Azur) | 1930 // 10.1942 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre, France | 2687 (3648) | 103.5x13.7x3.7 | 23.3 | 2 geared steam turbines, 4 boilers, 14260 | 2 x 1 - 105/42, 16 - 20, 180 mines | sunk 5.1.1945 |
| Hanonia (Schiff 11, 4.1940- Schiff 111) (ex-Smaland, ex-Drott, ex-Alexey Gorizinov) | 10.1900 // 3.1940 | Grangemouth, UK | 1813 | 85.1x12.9x5.1 | 6 | VTE, 2 boilers, 1000 | 144 mines | lost ~1942 |
| Hansestadt Danzig | 17.3.1926 // 8.1939 | Vulcan, Stettin | 2431 | 90.5wlx11.7x4.5 | 20 | 2 diesels, 6400 | 2 x 1 - 88/42, 2 - 37, 6 - 20, 360 mines | sunk 9.7.1941 |
| Hansestadt Danzig (ex-Peter Wessel) | 1937 // 2.1945 | Aalborg Vaerft, Denmark | 1415 | 72.6x13.0x4.4 | 15.5 | 2 diesels, 2560 | 2 - 37, 180 mines | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945 |
| Helgoland | 6.5.1939 // --- | Lindenau, Memel | 2947 (3545) | 113.0x13.2x3.5 | 17 | steam turbine-generator, 2 boilers, electric motor, 4400 | 320 mines | conversion incomplete |
| Kaiser | 8.4.1905 // 9.1939 | Vulcan, Stettin | 1912 (1920) | 96.3x11.7x3.0 | 16 | 2 geared steam turbines, 4 boilers, 3000 | 2 x 1 - 88/42, 1 - 37, 8 - 20, 200 mines | surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 8.1945 |
| Kiebitz (ex-D29, ex-Ramb III) | 1938 // 2.1944 | Ansaldo, Genoa, Italy | 3667 (5182) | 123.6x15.0x5.0 | 19.5 | 2 diesels, 7200 | 3 x 1 - 120/45, 1 - 37, 5 - 20, 240 mines | sunk 5.11.1944 |
| Königin Luise | 10.4.1934 // 9.1939 | Howaldtwerke, Hamburg | 2399 (3373) | 93.5x12.8x3.6 | 17 | 2 diesels, 4500 | 2 x 1 - 88/42, 1 - 37, 2 - 20, 240 mines | sunk 25.9.1941 |
| Niedersachsen (ex-Acqui, ex-Guyane, ex-Dora) | 1934 // 12.1943 | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark | 1794 | 86.7x12.6x5.8 | 13 | diesel, 2100 | 2 x 1 - 105/42, 2 - 69, 12 - 20, 260 mines | sunk 15.2.1944 |
| Ostmark (ex-Côte d`Argent) | 1932 // 10.1941 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre, France | 3047 (3648) | 103.5x13.7x3.7 | 23 | geared steam turbines, 4 boilers, 13000 | 2 x 1 - 105/42, 4 - 40, 2 - 37, 4 - 20, 240 mines | sunk 21.4.1945 |
| Passat (ex-Storstad), 11.1940- Storstad | 21.10.1925 // 10.1940 | Blythswood, Glasgow, UK | 8998 (14000) | 148.7x19.0x8.9 | 11 | 2 diesels, 3100 | 110 mines | stricken 5.1943 |
| Pommern (ex-Bélain d`Esnambuc) | 1939 // 5.1943 | Framnes, Sandefjord, Norway | 2956 | 102.7x14.1x4.9 | 17.5 | diesel, 3950 | 3 x 1 - 105/42, 3 - 37, 16 - 20, 6 DC (100), 204 mines | sunk 5.10.1943 |
| Preussen | 3.1926 // 9.1939 | Oderwerke, Stettin | 2529 | 93.6x11.7x | 16 | 2 diesels, 6400 | 2 x 1 - 88/42, 400 mines | sunk 9.7.1941 |
| Roland (A) | 16.3.1927 // 8.1939 | Tecklenborg, Wesermünde | 2436 | 90.8x13.0x3.4 | 18 | 2 geared steam turbines, 2 boilers, 4850 | 2 x 1 - 88/42, 1 - 37, 2 - 20, 233 mines | sunk 21.4.1944 |
| Romania | 1927 // 11.1943 | A C de la Loire, St. Nazaire, France | 3152 | 108.7x12.7x5.5 | 18 | 2 VTE, 5 boilers, 7200 | 4 - 20, 80 mines | sunk 11.5.1944 |
| Schwerin | 15.4.1926 // 8.1940 | Schichau, Elbing | 3133 | 107.2x18.0x4.2 | 18 | 2 VTE, 4 boilers, 4400 | 2 x 1 - 88/42, 6 - 20, 280 mines | sunk 20.2.1944 |
| Skagerrak (ex-Skagerrak I) | 1939 // 8.1940 | Aalborg Vaerft, Denmark | 1281 | 70.7x11.6x4.0 | 17 | 2 diesels, 5000 | 2 - 37, 4 - 20, 118 mines | target 20.8.1942 |
| Stralsund (ex-Deutschland) | 17.2.1909 // 8.1940 | Vulcan, Stettin | 2972 (4200) | 113.8x16.3x4.90 | 16.5 | 2 VTE, 4 boilers, 5000 | 2 x 1 - 88/42, 4 x 1 - 88/40, 400 mines | stricken 11.1940 |
| Tannenberg | 16.3.1935 // 9.1939 | Odewerke, Stettin | 5504 | 129.6x15.5x7.6 | 20 | 2 geared steam turbines, 2 boilers, 12000 | 3 x 1 - 149/42, 4 - 37, 6 - 20, 460 mines | sunk 9.7.1941 |
| Ulm (Schiff 11) (ex-Rapide) | 11.1937 // 3.1940 | Danziger Werft | 3071 | 102.5x13.9x6.4 | 16 | diesel, 3950 | 1 x 1 - 105/42, 1 - 37, 4 - 20, 482 mines | sunk 25.8.1942 |
| Versailles | 1919 // 3.1941 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre, France | 2156 | 95.0x11.0x3.2 | 17 | 2 geared steam turbines, 4 boilers, 15000 | 2 - 20, 111 mines | stricken 1.1942 |
| Wullenwever (Schiff 50) (ex-Rouen) | 1912 // 3.1941 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre, France | 1882 | 93.1x10.5x5.0 | 22 | 3 steam turbines, 4 boilers, 9000 | 4 - 20, 125 mines | surrendered 5.1945, to France 1945 |
| Zeus (ex-D12, ex-Francesco Morosini) | 1928 // 9.1943 | STT, Trieste, Italy | 2423 | 89.0x12.7x5.0 | 14 | 2 diesels, 4200 | 2 x 1 - 120/45, 4 - 37, 19 - 20, 240 mines | sunk 30.10.1944 |
100 - 1000 BRT
| Adjutant (ex-Pol IX) (1937, 354, 20 mines, 5.1941 - 1.7.1941), Alula (12/1943 - M1221, 1944 - GA77) (ex-G23, ex-Sekijo Maru) (1912, 430 t, 2 - 76/40, 30 mines, 9.1943 - 31.10.1944), Dietrich von Bern (ex-D24, ex-Mazara) (1934, 984, 2 - 76/40, mines, 4.1944 - 13.8.1944), Gallipoli (12/1943 - M1222, 1944 - GA79) (ex-G31, ex-Hakata Maru No8) (1911, 400 t, 2 - 76/40, 30 mines, 9.1943 - 31.10.1944), Juminda (ex-Elbano Gasperi) (1928, 742, 62 mines, 9.1943 - 23.10.1943), La France (1909, 699, 137 mines, 7.1940 - 28.12.1944), Natter (V1604, later V1710, later UJ1121) (ex-Casoar) (1935, 581, 1 - 75/32, 9.1940 - 5.1945), Oldenburg (ex-Dwarsläufer, ex-Garigliano) (1934, 1141 t, 145 mines, 2.1944 - 25.4.1945), Otranto (12/1943 - M1223, 1944 - GA78) (ex-G36, ex-Suniya Maru, ex-Mariveles) (1911, 385 t, 2 - 76/40, 30 mines, 9.1943 - 31.10.1944), San Giorgio (G106) (1914, 364, 18 mines, 10.1943 - 12.2.1944), Schildkröte (ex-Courdannes, ex-Georges Et Henri, ex-Andre Constant, ex-Pollux) (1931, 240, , 67 mines, 6.1944 - 5.1945), Vallelunga (1924, 1071 t, 53 mines, 3.1944 - 28.5.1944), Westmark (ex-Panigaglia) (1923, 9.1944 - 29.4.1945) |
Project history: Merchant vessels converted for minelaying.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Brandenburg was sunk by British submarine Unseen, Bulgaria by Unruly, Niedersachsen by Upstart, Ulm by destroyers Marne, Martin and Onslaught. Cobra and Kiebitz were bombed by American aircraft. Doggerbank was torpedoed by German submarine U43. Elsass was stricken by German mine. Hansestadt Danzig and Preussen, Tannenberg were sunk by Swedish mines. Königin Luise and Roland were sunk by Soviet mines. Ostmark, Schwerin, Zeus were sunk by British aircraft. Pommern was sunk by Italian mine. Romania was sunk by Soviet aircraft.
Roland
Zeus
Königin Luise
Niedersachsen
Tannenberg
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