Kamerun 1940
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Kamerun (ex-Rauma) | NO01, 1941- V5908 | Nylands, Oslo, Norway | 1939 | 1940 // 4.1940 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947 (Rauma) | ||
Togo (ex-Otra) | NO02, 3.1941- V5909, 1941- V6512 | Nylands, Oslo, Norway | 5.8.1939 | 1940 // 4.1940 | surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947 (Otra) |
Displacement standard, t |
320 |
Displacement full, t |
370 |
Length, m |
50.9 wl 52.1 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.05 |
Draught, m |
1.83 normal load 2.00 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 1 water-tube boiler |
Power, h. p. |
900 |
Max speed, kts |
12 |
Fuel, t |
oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 1400(9) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Bofors, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 20 mines |
Complement | 18 |
Project history: Former Norwegian minesweepers of Otra class, captured in Norway in April-May, 1940. Commissioned as minelayers / patrols, Kamerun 18.4.1940 and Togo 10.4.1940.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Both were returned to Norway in 1947 and BU in 1963.
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