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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

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DIANA guard ship (1917/1940)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Diana 7.1942- JK01, 10.1943- Vs801   Bodewes, Martenshoek, Denmark 1916 1916 5.1917 // 8.1940 surrendered 5.1945, to Denmark 1945

 

Displacement standard, t

288

Displacement full, t

310

Length, m

38.0

Breadth, m

6.53

Draught, m

2,64

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

 
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38

Complement

26

Project history: Ex-Danish fishery protection vessel, was purchased from Denmark in August, 1940 and used as guard ship during the war.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Diana was returned to Denmark after war, sold mercantile in 1947 and broken up in 1979.

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