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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