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OSTMARK catapult vessel

Ostmark 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ostmark   747 Howaldtswerke, Kiel   15.4.1936 16.5.1936 // --- sunk before commissioning 24.9.1940

 

Displacement standard, t

1780

Displacement full, t

2500

Length, m

79.8

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN diesels

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

13.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 235

Endurance, nm(kts) 9800(13)

Armament

1 15t catapult, seaplane (Do 18)

Complement

29

 

Project history: Ex-catapult vessel of Deutsche Lűfthansa. Seaplanes were handled by 15t crane. Ostmark was sunk by British submarine Tuna 24.9.1940 SW off St. Nazaire after she was received an order to proceed to Germany for commissioning by Navy.

 

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