Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Mücke, 5.1942- Seehund | NB18, 5.1942- V5304 | 131 | Marinens Hovedvaerft, Horten | 20.9.1941 | 12.1941 | explosion 27.10.1944, repair incomplete | |
Seebär | V5303, 1945- M2002 | 132 | Marinens Hovedvaerft, Horten | 22.10.1941 | 1.1942 | minesweeper 1945, surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1946 |
Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
42.9 |
Breadth, m |
8.00 |
Draught, m |
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No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 4-cyl VCE, 1 boiler |
Power, h. p. |
1300 |
Max speed, kts |
13.4 |
Fuel, t |
oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR |
Complement | 55 |
Project history: Whalers, laid down on order of Norwegian companies but purchased by Kriegsmarine during building and commissioned as patrols.
Modernizations: 1942, both were armed with 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR.
Seebär, 1945: was re-armed with 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear, presumably hydrophone.
Naval service: V5304 exploded 27.10.1944 off Hellisöy, towed to Lervik for repair and sunk there by rockets of British aircraft.
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