MZ1 1944
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| MZ1 | 816 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 1944 | 16.4.1944 | 29.8.1944 | surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 1945 | |
| MZ2 | 817 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 1944 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | |
| MZ3 | 818 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 1944 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | |
| MZ4 | 819 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 1944 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 |
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Displacement standard, t |
285 |
|
Displacement full, t |
315 |
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Length, m |
50.0 wl 52.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.00 normal 2.10 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
1 KHD diesel |
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Power, h. p. |
1098 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13.6 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 18 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(12) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 3 x 1 - 86 R Ag M42/43 AA RL, 2 x 1 - 533 TT, 6 DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear |
| Electronic equipment | presumably GHG hydrophone |
| Complement |
53 |
Project history: Rather cheap multi-purpose ships (Mehrzwecke Fahrzeuge) for actions in an inshore waters, could be used as escorts, anti-submarine ships or minesweepers. They had original machinery: one diesel worked through a reduction gear on 2 shafts. In 1943 12 units were ordered but building of only 4 was begun and only lead ship was completed.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: MZ1 was never fully commissioned by German navy, her trials were incomplete when war ended. In 1945 MZ1 was captured by British troops, her further fate is unknown.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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