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"MFL" type patrols / minesweepers (1944-1945)

MFL1 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
MFL1 V807 (ex-M3682) 427 Haarlemsche Sheepsbouw Mij.   1944 10.1944 surrendered 5.1945, to Netherlands 1945
MFL2 M3683 428 Haarlemsche Sheepsbouw Mij.   1944 --- BU incomplete
MFL3 M3681 429 Haarlemsche Sheepsbouw Mij.   1944 --- BU incomplete
MFL4 M5622 184 de Hoop, Pannenden   1943 1950 // --- completed mercantile
MFL5 M5623 185 de Hoop, Pannenden   1944 1945 // --- completed mercantile
MFL6 V1112 590 de Noord, Alblasserdam   1942 8.1944 surrendered 5.1945, sold 1946
MFL7 V1113 591 de Noord, Alblasserdam   1942 7.1944 surrendered 5.1945, sold 1946
MFL8 V805 (ex-M3683) 675 A. Vuijk, Capelle a. d. Ijssel   26.7.1943 10.1944 surrendered 5.1945, to Netherlands 5.1947
MFL9 M3681 676 A. Vuijk, Capelle a. d. Ijssel   1943 9.1944 surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 2.1946
MFL10 V1114 484 de Merwede, Hardinxveld   4.8.1943 4.1945 surrendered 5.1945, to Netherlands 1947
MFL11 V1115 485 de Merwede, Hardinxveld   1.9.1943 1948 // --- completed mercantile
MFL12 M5624 314/906/S327 Scheepswerf de Nieuwe Maas, Vlaardingen   1944 1949 // --- completed mercantile

 

Displacement standard, t

  

Displacement full, t

700

Length, m

41.1 wl 46.5 oa

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

3.20

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Sulzer diesel

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

 11.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 36

Armament

MFL1, 6, 7, 8, 10: 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR

MFL9: 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement  

Project history: Multipurpose patrols / minesweepers ordered by Kriegsmarine to Dutch shipbuilders. Project was based on construction of merchant logger.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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