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CARL KÄMPF submarine chaser (1940)

UJ179 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Carl Kämpf UJ179, 8.1941- UJ1709 219 Norddeutsche Werft, Geestemünde   24.4.1940 8.1940 sunk 14.10.1941

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

1335

Length, m

57.0 wl 63.8 oa

Breadth, m

8.60

Draught, m

4.15

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE with exhaust steam turbine, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

12.3

Fuel, t

coal 320

Endurance, nm(kts) 4600(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR

Complement 50

Project history: Fishery trawler, purchased by Navy during building and commissioned as submarine chaser.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Carl Kämpf was sunk by British submarine 14.10.1941 off Egersund.

 

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