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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

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M3201 minesweepers (1942)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
M3201     de Merwede, Hardinxveld   1942 6.1942 sunk 6.8.1944
M3202     de Merwede, Hardinxveld   1941 7.1942 sunk 16.9.1944

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

462 BRT

Length, m

 

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

 
Complement  

Project history: Fishery trawlers laid down for Dutch companies but purchased by Kriegsmarine during building and commissioned as minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: M3201 was mined 6.8.1944 off Zeebrügge. M3202 was sunk by Allied aircraft 16.9.1944 off Tereuzen.

 

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