Hans Rolshoven 1940
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Hans Rolshoven | K41 | 697 | Norderwerft Köser & Meyer, Hamburg | 20.2.1937 | 9.2.1938 | sunk 2.10.1942 |
Displacement standard, t |
985 |
Displacement full, t |
1168 |
Length, m |
76.2 |
Breadth, m |
10.6 |
Draught, m |
3.30 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 MAN diesels |
Power, h. p. |
8800 |
Max speed, kts |
21 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 125 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3800(16) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 3 seaplanes (He 60, Do 18, He 114) |
Complement |
63 |
Project history: Depot ship for maintenance and repair of seaplanes on far basing points. Can carry up to three seaplanes which took places on a quarterdeck and were handled by 10t gantry, moved on rails.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Hans Rolshoven was sunk 1.10.1942 on a mine at Bornholm, salvaged in July, 1943 and in March, 1945 sunk again by British bomers at Sassnitz.
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