KUJ1 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| KUJ1 | UJ1219 | 287 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 22.2.1943 | 7.1943 | sunk 20.10.1944 | |
| KUJ2 | UJ1430 | 288 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 7.7.1943 | 11.1943 | surrendered 5.1945, GMSA despatch vessel Ente 1945, to United Kingdom 1947 | |
| KUJ3 | UJ1431 | 289 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 14.10.1943 | 2.1944 | surrendered 5.1945, GMSA despatch vessel Aldebaran 1945, to Soviet Union 2.1946 | |
| KUJ4 | UJ1432 | 290 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 29.12.1943 | 5.1944 | surrendered 5.1945, GMSA despatch vessel Pollux 1945, to Soviet Union 4.1946 | |
| KUJ5 | UJ1708 | 291 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 22.4.1944 | 8.1944 | surrendered 5.1945, GMSA despatch vessel Sirius 1945 (1946 - Schwertfisch), sold 1948 | |
| KUJ6 | UJ1704 | 305 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 1944 | 11.1945 // --- | completed as GMSA despatch vessel Orion, to Soviet Union 3.1946 | |
| KUJ7 | UJ1113 | 520 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 10.12.1942 | 10.1943 | sunk 21.12.1944 | |
| KUJ8 | UJ1220 | 521 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 25.3.1943 | 10.1943 | sunk 12.10.1944 | |
| KUJ9 | UJ1433 | 522 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 12.8.1943 | 1.1944 | sunk 28.8.1944 | |
| KUJ10 | UJ1224 | 523 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 13.11.1943 | 4.1944 | sunk 15.9.1944 | |
| KUJ11 | UJ1116 | 524 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 15.3.1944 | 7.1944 | sunk 21.12.1944 | |
| KUJ12 | UJ1225 | 525 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 29.6.1944 | 12.1944 | surrendered 5.1945, GMSA despatch vessel KUj12 1945, sold 1952 | |
| KUJ13 | UJ1210 | 440 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1942 | 4.1943 | sunk 9.10.1943 | |
| KUJ14 | UJ1713 | 441 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1943 | 8.1943 | sunk 13.11.1944 | |
| KUJ15 | UJ1221 | 442 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1943 | 1.1944 | sunk 12.11.1944 | |
| KUJ16 | UJ1702 | 443 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1944 | 7.1944 | sunk 21.12.1944 | |
| KUJ17 | 444 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1944 | --- | incomplete, to Soviet Union 7.1946 | ||
| KUJ18 | 445 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 22.12.1949 | 1950 // --- | completed mercantile 1950 | ||
| KUJ21 | UJ1209 | 297 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 12.8.1942 | 3.1943 | sunk 20.6.1944 | |
| KUJ22 | UJ1409 | 298 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 1943 | 5.1943 | damaged 23.5.1944, repair incomplete | |
| KUJ23 | UJ1222 | 299 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 1943 | 3.1944 | surrendered 5.1945, GMSA despatch vessel KUj23 1945, sold 1952 | |
| KUJ24 | 300 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 1949 | 1950 // --- | damaged on the stocks 1944, completed mercantile 1950 | ||
| KUJ25 | UJ1223 | 301 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 1944 | 8.1944 | sunk 12.11.1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
830 |
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Displacement full, t |
970 |
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Length, m |
53.7 wl 58.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.44 |
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Draught, m |
3.50 normal, 4.40 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE with exhaust steam turbine, 1 boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
960 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 193 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4700(12.5) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 DCT (120) |
| Electronic equipment | presumably S-Gerät sonar, GHG hydrophone |
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Complement |
61 |
Project history: Unique German purpose built submarine chasers. The design of "War chaser" (Kriegs-U-Jager) was been developed on the basis of a fish trawler with adaptation under naval requirements. For improvement of seaworthiness the forecastle was lengthened, bridge was shifted fwd. Ships were equipped by single-shaft VTE, working on coal, sonar and had big DC stowage.
Totally 25 ships were ordered but only 21 were completed.
Modernizations: 1945, most survived: - 3 x 1 - 20/65; + 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 3 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
Naval service: In days of war 12 units are lost. KUJ1 (UJ1219) was torpedoed 20.10.1944 by Soviet submarine V-4 at Nordkyn. KUJ7 (UJ1113) and KUJ11 (UJ1116) were lost 21.12.1944 on mines off beacon Feuerstein. KUJ8 (UJ1220) was sunk 12.10.1944 by torpedo from Soviet submarine V-2 at Berlevog. KUJ9 (UJ1433) was sunk 28.8.1944 by British MTB at Cape Antifer. KUJ10 (UJ1224) was sunk 15.9.1944 by Soviet aircraft in the Kongs Fjord. KUJ14 (UJ1713), KUJ15 (UJ1221) and KUJ25 (UJ1223) were sunk 13.11.1944 by British cruisers Kent, Bellona and destroyers Myngs, Verulam, Zambesi, Algonquin at Aegersunn. KUJ13 (UJ1210) was sunk 9.10.1943 by British aircraft at Gotenhafen. KUJ21 (UJ1209) was sunk 20.6.1944 by torpedo from Soviet submarine S-104 in Tana Fjord. KUJ22 (UJ1409) was lost 21.12.1944 on a mine at La Pallis.
KUJ3, KUJ4, KUJ6, KUJ16 and KUJ17 on reparations were transferred to the USSR. Remaining ships after war were used in various qualities to 1960th.
KUJ12
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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