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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

ESCORTS

HAMELN patrols (1916-1917)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hameln   389 Seebeck, Wesermünde   10.1916 11.1916 sold 2.1919
Rinteln   390 Seebeck, Wesermünde   1916 9.1917 sunk 1.9.1917
Münden   391 Seebeck, Wesermünde   22.11.1916 1.1917 sold 6.1919
Hildesheim   392 Seebeck, Wesermünde   22.11.1916 7.1917 sold 6.1919

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

600

Length, m

42.6

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

3.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

450

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal 150

Endurance, nm(kts) 4600(10)

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 38

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

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Rinteln was destroyed by gunfire of British destroyers 1.9.1917 off Lyngvig and ran aground.

 

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