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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

ESCORTS

KABELJAU patrols (1916-1917)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kabeljau   306 Frerichs, Einswarden 1916 1916 7/1916 sunk 13.5.1918
Kleiss   307 Frerichs, Einswarden 1916 1916 8/1916 sunk 2.2.1918
Knurrhahn   308 Frerichs, Einswarden 1916 7/1916 9/1916 sold 2.1919
Köhler   309 Frerichs, Einswarden 1916 1916 9/1916 sunk 2.8.1918
Steinbeiss   310 Frerichs, Einswarden 1916 8/1916 10/1916 sold 4.1919
Seehase   311 Frerichs, Einswarden 1916 1916 11/1916 to United Kingdom 7.1920
Goldbutt   312 Frerichs, Einswarden 1916 10/1916 1/1917 to United Kingdom 7.1920

 

Displacement normal, t

560

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

39.6

Breadth, m

7.05

Draught, m

3.34

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

420

Max speed, kts

9.5

Fuel, t

coal 135

Endurance, nm(kts) 5200(9)

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: Kabeljau was mined 13.5.1918 W of Sylt. Kleiss was mined 2.2.1918 NW of Sylt. Köhler was mined 2.8.1918 in the North Sea.

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

© Ivan Gogin, 2014