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ESCORTS

ELBE guard ships (1931)

Weser 1931

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Elbe   119 MW Wilhelmshaven 1929 24.1.1931 11.1931 surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union (Терек [Terek])
Weser   120 MW Wilhelmshaven 1929 24.1.1931 11.1931 surrendered 5.1945, BU 1954

 

Displacement standard, t

820

Displacement full, t

870

Length, m

54.3 wl 58.0 oa

Breadth, m

8.50

Draught, m

3.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil 87

Endurance, nm(kts) 10500(11)

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/42 TK L/45 C/14, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30

Complement

65

Project history: Fishery protection ships, built on order of Ministry of Finance. With war beginning were re-classified to patrols.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Elbe was transferred on reparations to the USSR as Terek.

Elbe

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

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