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KVINTUS class guard ships (1918-1919/1944)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kvintus (ex-Minekran V)   123 Orlogsvaerftet, Kopenhagen, Denmark 1916 16.2.1917 1918 // 1944 East German TS Fürstenberg 1952
Sixtus (ex-Minekran VI)   130 Orlogsvaerftet, Kopenhagen, Denmark 1917 21.12.1918 1919 // 1944 East German TS Prenzlau 1952

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

199

Length, m

28.9

Breadth, m

6.28

Draught, m

2.35

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Bergsund surface-ignition heavy-oil motors, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

heavy fuel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

unknown

as in Danish Navy: 2 x 1 - 37/35 Bofors, 60 mines

Complement 26

Project history: Ex-Danish minelayers Kvintus and Sixtus were scuttled by own crews to avoid capture 29.8.1943 but later salvaged by Germans and repaired.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Both ships were abandoned in 1945 at Rostock, but in 1950-1951 were repaired, commissioned by East German Navy as TS and served in this role till 1973.

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

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