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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

NAUTILUS minelayer (1907)

Nautilus 1910

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nautilus   152 Weser, Bremen 1905 28.8.1906 3/1907 stricken 3.1919

 

Displacement normal, t

1975

Displacement full, t

2345

Length, m

98.2 oa 90.2 wl

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

4.54

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 Marine boilers

Power, h. p.

6600

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

coal 490

Endurance, nm(kts) 3530(9)

Armament

8 x 1 - 88/32 SK L/35 C/01, 391 mines

Complement

201

Project history: Designed as 'Mine steamships A and B', two cruiser-like Nautilus and Albatross served as minelayers during the war.

Modernizations: 1910: stern was rebuilt, length oa became 100.9m.

1918: + 4 x 1 - 22/50 AA MG, 2 x 1 - 76/15 field guns, 4 mortars, 2 flamethrowers

Naval service: No significant events.

Nautilus 1908

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