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KAISERLICHE MARINE / REICHSMARINE / KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

COASTAL FORCES

UZ23 motor ASW boats (1918)

UZ28 1930

Names

UZ23 - 33

UZ34, 8.1939- H102, 10.1940- DWo42, later JNy35, later Vs1255

UZ35

Builders

H. Heidtmann, Hamburg: UZ23, 24

Max Oertz, Hamburg: UZ25, 26

Lürssen, Aumund-Vegesack: UZ27, 28

Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder: UZ29 - 31

Roland-Werft Vertens, Hemelingen: UZ32, 33

Waap, Kiel-Heikendorf: UZ34, 35

Commissioned

1918: UZ23 - 30, 34, 35

8.1939: H102 (ex-UZ34) (2nd time)

Losses

UZ31 - 33: completed mercantile

Transfers

none

Discarding

1920: UZ25, 26

1922: UZ23, 24, 30

1933: UZ35

1934: UZ28, UZ34

1936: UZ27, 29

1943: Vs1255 (ex-UZ34) (2nd time)

 

Displacement standard, t

51

Displacement full, t

60

Length, m

31.0

Breadth, m

4.40

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Benz petrol engines

Power, h. p.

570

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

petrol 8.6

Endurance, nm(kts) 1100(14)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.9/79, DCs

UZ34: 1 x 1 - 52/51 SK L/55, DCs

Complement

13 - 14

Project history: Submarine chasers. Wooden round-bilge hulls.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: UZ34 was commissioned again in 1939 and used as patrol boat.

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