V5711 1941
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Steiermark (ex-Capitan Nuñes) | V5711, 5.1944- V6608 | 352 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1940 | 1.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945 | |
Felix Scheder | V5506, 5.1942- V5307 | 357 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1941 | 5.1941 | sunk 12.9.1944 | |
Vandale | NM01 | 358 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1941 | 8.1941 | sunk 27.2.1942 | |
Polarnacht | V5904 | 359 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1941 | 9.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947 | |
Westwind | V5910, 5.1944- V6314 | 360 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1942 | 7.1942 | surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1947 | |
Wappen von Hamburg (ex-Magerøy) | NSa07, 5.1944- V6607 | 361 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1942 | 12.1942 | lost 9.3.1945 | |
Varanger | V5905 | 362 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1942 | 8.1943 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947 | |
Rotges | NKi08, 7.1944- V6701 | 363 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1943 | 1944 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947 |
Displacement standard, t |
512 |
Displacement full, t |
711 |
Length, m |
39.8 wl 44.8 oa |
Breadth, m |
8.23 |
Draught, m |
3.32 normal 4.15 deep load |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 boiler |
Power, h. p. |
1300 |
Max speed, kts |
12 |
Fuel, t |
oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
Steiermark, Felix Scheder, Vandale, Polarnacht: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR Westwind, Wappen von Hamburg, Varanger, Rotges: 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 | 53 |
Project history: Whalers, laid down on order of Norwegian and Argentinian 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.
Naval service: V5307 was bombed by British aircraft E off Stadlandet. NM01 was torpedoed by Soviet submarine Shch-402 27.2.1942 N off Svaerholtklubben. V6606 was lost by unknown cause 9.3.1945.
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