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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.

Ivan Gogin, 2008-14