Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Albona (ex-RD58, ex-MT130), later Netztender 57 | Cantiere Danubius, Porto Rè, Austria-Hungary | 20.7.1918 | 11.1918 // 10.1943 | later netlayer, scuttled 31.10.1944 | |||
Laurana (ex-RD59, ex-MT131) | Cantiere Danubius, Porto Rè, Austria-Hungary | 24.8.1918 | 11.1918 // 10.1943 | mine transport till 9.1944, sunk 20.2.1945 | |||
Rovigno (ex-RD60, ex-MT132), later Netztender 56 | Cantiere Danubius, Porto Rè, Austria-Hungary | 28.9.1918 | 11.1918 // 10.1943 | later netlayer, scuttled 31.10.1944 |
Displacement standard, t |
113 |
Displacement full, t |
121 |
Length, m |
31.8 |
Breadth, m |
6.52 |
Draught, m |
1.40 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VC, 1 Yarrow boiler |
Power, h. p. |
280 |
Max speed, kts |
9 |
Fuel, t |
oil 4 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 6 x 1 - 20/65 M1940, 20 - 34 mines |
Complement | 19 |
Project history: Mine transports were built for Austrian fleet but completed after WWI. They were sold to Italian navy in 1920 as minesweepers of RD type. All three were captured by Germans in September 1943 and commissioned by German navy as netlayers / minelayers and mine tender (later also minelayer).
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Netztender 56 and Netztender 57 were scuttled by own crews at Saloniki 31.10.1944. Laurana was sunk by British aircraft 20.2.1945 at Trieste.
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