UJ1231 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Seeteufel (ex-Kos...) | V5505, 5.1942- V5301 | 111 | Kaldnes Mek. Verkst., Tønsberg | 1940 | 1.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945 | |
| Nordwind | V6109 | 112 | Kaldnes Mek. Verkst., Tønsberg | 1941 | 6.1941 | sunk 23.4.1944 | |
| Seelöwe | V5508, 3.1942- V5302, 1945- M2008 | 113 | Kaldnes Mek. Verkst., Tønsberg | 1941 | 7.1941 | minesweeper 1945, surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947 | |
| Falkland | V5901, 1.1945- UJ1231 | 116 | Kaldnes Mek. Verkst., Tønsberg | 1942 | 3.1942 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945 | |
| Coronel | V5909 | 117 | Kaldnes Mek. Verkst., Tønsberg | 1941 | 1.1942 | sunk 1.2.1943 | |
| Gallipoli | NKi10, 7.1944- V6118 | 118 | Kaldnes Mek. Verkst., Tønsberg | 1942 | 12.1942 | surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1947 | |
| Narvik | NH06, 5.1944- UJ1211 | 119 | Kaldnes Mek. Verkst., Tønsberg | 1943 | 10.1943 | wrecked 22.12.1944 | |
| Penang | V5908 | 120 | Kaldnes Mek. Verkst., Tønsberg | 1943 | 9.1943 | damaged 26.1.1944, repaired 1945 for GMSA, to Norway 1947 | |
| Jan Mayen | V5909 | 121 | Kaldnes Mek. Verkst., Tønsberg | 1944 | 2.1945 | surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 6.1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
1100 |
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Length, m |
47.5 wl 53.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.84 |
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Draught, m |
4.20 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2400 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
Seeteufel, Nordwind, Seelöwe: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR Falkland, Coronel, Gallipoli, Narvik, Penang, Jan Mayen: 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 |
| Complement | 65 |
Project history: Whalers, laid down on order of Norwegian companies but purchased by Kriegsmarine during building and commissioned as patrols.
Modernizations: 1942, all survived and completed 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.
1945, Seelöwe was re-armed with 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 DCR, sweeps
Naval service: V6109 was badly damaged by torpedo of Soviet aircraft 23.4.1944 E off Vardö, taken under tow by V6110 but ultimately sunk by Soviet air bombs the same day. V5909 was sunk by Soviet submarine M-172 1.2.1943 N off Makkaur. UJ1211 ran aground 22.12.1944 at Ulvenfeuer. V5908 was badly damaged by Allied aircraft 26.1.1944 at Aalesund and stricken.
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