Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Kärnten | V5712, 5.1944- V6609 | 128 | Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord | 1940 | 3.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945 | |
Nordkap | V6101, 5.1944- V5911, 5.1944- V6310 | 129 | Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord | 1941 | 6.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1946 | |
Sudetenland | V5713, 5.1944- V6610 | 130 | Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord | 1941 | 8.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945 | |
Cimber | NM12, 5.1944- V6409 | 131 | Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord | 1941 | 12.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947 | |
Seewolf | V5310 | 132 | Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord | 1942 | 7.1942 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947 | |
Waage | NN06, 5.1944- V6304 | 133 | Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord | 1942 | 10.1942 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1946 | |
Alk | NKi11, 7.1944- V6119 | 134 | Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord | 1943 | 9.1943 | surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1947 | |
Orion | NN08, 5.1944- V6306 | 135 | Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord | 1943 | 3/1943 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945 |
Displacement standard, t |
330 |
Displacement full, t |
510 |
Length, m |
41.3 |
Breadth, m |
7.77 |
Draught, m |
4.27 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
VTE, 1 boiler |
Power, h. p. |
1300 |
Max speed, kts |
12 |
Fuel, t |
oil |
Armament |
Kärnten, Nordkap, Sudetenland, Cimber: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR Seewolf, Waage, Alk, Orion: 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR |
Complement | 48 |
Project history: Whalers, laid down on order of Norwegian companies but purchased by Kriegsmarine during building and commissioned as patrols.
Modernizations: 1942, all survived and completed were armed with 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR.
Naval service: No significant events.
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