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HEINRICH SCHULTE minesweepers (1945)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Heinrich Schulte M3230 141 Schulte & Bruns, Emden   21.12.1943 1.1945 surrendered 5.1945, sold 8.1945
Lübbe Hartmann M3440 142 Schulte & Bruns, Emden   9.5.1944 3.1945 surrendered 5.1945, sold 8.1945
Saxnot M5602 143 Schulte & Bruns, Emden   1.11.1944 5.1950 // --- completed mercantile
Baden M5612 144 Schulte & Bruns, Emden   15.3.1945 1.1951 // --- completed mercantile

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

650

Length, m

37.1 wl 41.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.75

Draught, m

3.35

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Deutz diesel

Power, h. p.

550

Max speed, kts

11.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil 44

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

presumably 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment presumably GHG hydrophone
Complement 37

Project history: Minesweepers in trawler hulls, ordered by Kriegsmarine.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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