KSB1
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
KSB1 | 853 | Oderwerke, Stettin | 1943 | --- | --- | cancelled late 1944 | |
KSB2 | 854 | Oderwerke, Stettin | 1943 | --- | --- | cancelled late 1944 | |
KSB3 | 855/252 | Oderwerke, Stettin / Nordseewerke, Emden | 1943 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1945 | |
KSB4 | 856/253 | Oderwerke, Stettin / Nordseewerke, Emden | 1943 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1945 | |
KSB13 | 401/237 | Flenderwerke, Lübeck / Nordseewerke, Emden | 1943 | 1944 | --- | scuttled incomplete 1946 | |
KSB14 | 402/238 | Flenderwerke, Lübeck / Nordseewerke, Emden | 1943 | 1945 | --- | BU incomplete 1945 | |
KSB15 | 403/239 | Flenderwerke, Lübeck / Nordseewerke, Emden | 1943 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1945 | |
KSB19 | 407/243 | Flenderwerke, Lübeck / Nordseewerke, Emden | 1944 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1945 |
Displacement standard, t |
1588 |
Displacement full, t |
1724 |
Length, m |
76.0 wl 83.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.0 |
Draught, m |
2.86 normal 3.20 deep load |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VC with exhaust turbine, 2 water-tube boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1350 |
Max speed, kts |
12.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 160 |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 2 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 4 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 6 x 1 - 86 R Ag M42/43 AA RL, 6 DC |
Complement |
127 |
Project history: Kriegs-Sperrbrecher (Wartime mine destruction vessel). Unique German wartime project of purpose-built mine destruction vessel. 27 ships were ordered (KSB1 - 27) but only 8 were laid.
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