V6408 1944
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Tirol | V5713 | 484 | Akers Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1941 | 7.1941 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945 | |
| Skagerrak | V5715, 7.1944- V6408 | 485 | Akers Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1942 | 3.1942 | sunk 16.1.1945 | |
| Flandern | V5716 | 497 | Akers Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1942 | 5.1942 | damaged 15.10.1944, never repaired | |
| Zeebrügge | NH03, 5.1944- UJ1210 | 498 | Akers Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1943 | 4.1943 | sunk 16.5.1944 | |
| Helgoland | V6115 | 499 | Akers Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1943 | 6.1943 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945 | |
| Doggerbank | V6116 | 500 | Akers Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1944 | 10.1944 | surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1947 |
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Displacement standard, t |
850 |
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Displacement full, t |
1060 |
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Length, m |
46.1 wl 51.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.69 |
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Draught, m |
4.75 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
1285 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
Tirol: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR Skagerrak, Flandern, Zeebrügge, Helgoland, Doggerbank: 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 | 55 |
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.
Naval service: V6408 was torpedoed by British submarine Utsira 16.1.1945 S off Vikna. V5716 was damaged 15.10.1944 by Allied aircraft at Frohavet and never repaired. UJ1210 was sunk 16.5.1944 in Varanger Fjord by Soviet aircraft.
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