Ernst Thälmann 1955
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Ernst Thälmann (ex-Hvidbjörnen), 1.1961- Albin Köbis | 147 | Orlogsvaerft, Kobenhavn, Denmark | 2.1928 | 27.12.1928 | 5.1929 // 12.6.1950 | hulk 9.1961 |
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Displacement standard, t |
914 |
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Displacement full, t |
1100 |
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Length, m |
65.6 |
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Breadth, m |
9.82 |
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Draught, m |
5.40 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13.2 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(12) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 2 x 1 - 25/80 84KM |
|
Electronic equipment |
radar |
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Complement |
56 + 56 cadets |
Project history: Built for the Royal Danish Navy as the fishery protection vessel Hvidbjörnen. Scuttled 29 August 1945 in the Great Belt, she was raised and repaired by the Kriegsmarine, and was found damaged at Warnemünde after the war. Take over by the GDR on 12 June 1950, she was refitted by Peenewerft, Wolgast (new bridge and armament) and entered Volksmarine service on 10 December 1952 as a training ship.
Modernizations: 1956: - 2 x 1 - 37/63, 2 x 1 - 25/80; + 1 x 1 - 85/52 90K, 1 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3
Naval service: In 1956, after re-boilering and rearming, she was transferred to the Frontier Guard. She was hulked in 1961 and scrapped in 1968.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016