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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

ESCORTS

ALDEBARAN patrols (1916-1919)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Aldebaran   323 Meyer, Papenburg   7.1916 8.1916 sold 10.1920
Denebola   324 Meyer, Papenburg   1916 10.1916 sunk 25.5.1917
Altair   325 Meyer, Papenburg   1916 12.1916 sunk 14.10.1917
Ludendorf   326 Meyer, Papenburg   3.1917 --- // 1917 completed as fire extinguishing vessel
Neumayer   327 Meyer, Papenburg   5.1917 6.1917 sold 3.1919
Koldewey   328 Meyer, Papenburg   20.6.1917 8.1917 to France 7.1920
Papenburg   331 Meyer, Papenburg   1918 11.1919 to United Kingdom 8.1920

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

550

Length, m

39.0

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

3.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

coal 130

Endurance, nm(kts) 4800(11)

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89 or 88/32 SK L/35 C/01 or 88/27 TK L/30 C/08

Complement 24 - 31

Project history: Fishery trawlers, purchased by Navy during building and commissioned as auxiliary patrols.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Denebola was mined 25.5.1917 off Westerems. Altair was mined 14.10.1917 in Tagga Bight.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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