Schiff 20 Nerissa 1939
Schiff 29 Lola
more than 1000 BRT
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT (disp., t) |
Dimensions, m (length pp) |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
Schiff 4 Wandrahm, 1940- V1801, 8.1940- V6114 Eismeer | 8.10.1927 // 9.1939 | Stettiner Oderwerke | 1228 (2200) | 73.0x11.6x4.4 | 9.5 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 750 | surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 3.1946 | |
Schiff 12 Dr. Heinrich Wiegand | 1.9.1938 // --- | Nylands, Oslo, Norway | 1421 (2600) | 78.0x12.5x4.5 | VC+exh. tu, 2 boilers, 1200 | 2 - 533 TT | conversion cancelled 11.1939 | |
Schiff 15 Neuss | 22.10.1935 // 12.1939 | Howaldtwerke, Hamburg | 1243 (1640) | 73.5x11.0x3.4 | 10.5 | 2 diesels, 900 | 2 - 533 TT | auxiliary 4.1940 |
Schiff 17 Alster | 5.1.1928 // --- | Deschimag / Vulcan, Hamburg | 8514 (16100) | 163.3x19.4x8.6 | 14 | VTE+ exh. tu, 5 boilers, 6500 | 2 - 533 TT | conversion cancelled 11.1939 |
Schiff 27 Messina | 27.7.1937 // --- | Neptun, Rostock | 2191 (4150) | 92.4x13.3x5.6 | 13 | 1 DVC+exh. tu, 2 boilers, 1635 | 2 - 533 TT | conversion cancelled 11.1939 |
Schiff 29 Lola | 1920 // 10.1941 | Caledon SB, Dundee, UK | 1193 (2750) | 82.3x11.0x5.1 | 14 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 1850 | 2 - 20 | sunk 17.10.1944 |
Schiff 35 Oldenburg | 29.6.1936 // 12.1939 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 2312 (4400) | 87.8x14.0x6.0 | 12.5 | 1 DVC, 2 boilers, 1600 | 2 x 1 - 533 TT | sunk 14.4.1940 |
Schiff 40 Schürbeck | 10.4.1930 // 12.1939 | Flensburger Schiffbau | 2448 (4800) | 93.6x13.9x6.2 | 11 | DVC, 2 boilers, 1225 | 2 x 1 - 533 TT | blockade runner 12.1940 |
Schiff 43 Falkenberg | 14.2.1912 // --- | Bremer Vulcan, Vegesack | 1661 (3200) | 79.4x11.3x5.9 | VTE, 2 boilers, 1500 | 2 - 533 TT | conversion cancelled 9.1939 | |
Schiff 43 Capri | 28.2.1927 // --- | Neptun, Rostock | 1846 (3800) | 91.3x12.5x5.6 | 11 | VTE, 2 boilers, 1100 | 2 - 533 TT | conversion cancelled 11.1939 |
Main | 30.6.1927 // --- | Bremer Vulcan, Vegesack | 7624 (15300) | 153.3x19.2x8.6 | 14 | VTE+exh. tu, 4 boilers, 7250 | 2 - 533 TT | conversion cancelled 11.1939 |
100 - 1000 BRT
Schiff 4 Coburg (1938, 344, 12.1939 - 1940); Schiff 7 Möwe; Schiff 7 Wega (1932, 337, 1 x 1 - 88/42, 2 - 533 TT, 11.1939 - patrol MN02 7.1940); Schiff 9 Koblenz (1931, 438, 1 x 1 - 88/42, 2 - 533 TT, 11.1939 - 10.4.1940); Schiff 18 Alteland (1930, 419, 1 x 1 - 88/42, 2 - 533 TT, 12.1939 - patrol MN01 7.1940); Schiff 19 Rila, 9.1943 - UJ117 (1941, 194, 1 x 1 - 88/42, 1942 - 28.3.1944); Schiff 20 Nerissa (1936, 992, 2 - 533 TT, 12.1939 - 12.1940); Schiff 24 Mars (1920, 224, 8.1940 - 3.9.1940); Schiff 26 Julius Pickenpack (1931, 419, 1 x 1 - 88/42, 2 - 533 TT, 10.1939 - 26.4.1940); Schiff 37 Schleswig (1931, 433, 1 x 1 - 88/42, 2 - 533 TT, 11.1939 - 26.4.1940); Schiff 47 Wilhelm Huth (1931, 438, 11.1939 - 10.10.1943); Schiff 49 Amerskerk |
less than 100 BRT: Schiff 6 MY63, Schiff 8, Schiff 34, Schiff 44
Also classified as decoy vessels: Schiff 5 Meersburg, Schiff 10 HSK4 Thor, Schiff 11 Hanonia, Schiff 11 Ulm, Schiff 13 Mob-FD1 Saturn, Schiff 14 HSK10 Togo, Schiff 16 HSK2 Atlantis, Schiff 21 HSK3 Widder, Schiff 23 HSK6 Stier, Schiff 24 Mob-FD2 Jupiter, Schiff 26 Bonn, Schiff 28 HSK9 Michel, Schiff 31 Mob-FD3 Mars, Schiff 33 HSK5 Pinguin, Schiff 36 HSK1 Orion, Schiff 41 HSK8 Kormoran, Schiff 45 HSK7 Coronel, Schiff 50 Rouen, Schiff 53 Doggerbank, Schiff 111 Hanonia
Project history: Converted merchant vessels, armed with guns and torpedoes and used as decoys.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Oldenburg was sunk by British submarine Sunfish.
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