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VOLKSMARINE (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

6/11 coastal minesweepers (1955)

Bergen 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
6/11, 1.1960- Bergen   14 Volkswerft Stralsund     2.8.1955 stricken 10.1968
6/12, 1.1960- Frankfurt/Oder   15 Volkswerft Stralsund     6.8.1955 stricken 10.1970
6/13, 1.1960- Stralsund   16 Volkswerft Stralsund     12.9.1955 stricken 10.1970
6/14, 1.1960- Sassnitz   17 Volkswerft Stralsund     15.11.1955 stricken 12.1965
6/15, 1.1960- Wolgast   18 Volkswerft Stralsund     15.11.1955 stricken 2.1965
6/16, 1.1960- Greifswald   19 Volkswerft Stralsund     23.12.1955 stricken 10.1968

 

Displacement standard, t

510

Displacement full, t

670

Length, m

65.1

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 6KVD43A diesels

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1400(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 85/52 90K, 4 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M, 2 DCR, MT-1 mechanical, TEM-2, ST-2 magnetic, BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear, 20 mines

Sensors

6/11-6/15: Tamir-11 sonar

6/16: Zarnitsa radar, Tamir-11 sonar

Complement

38

Project history: Ordered on 1 January 1951 from Volkswerft Stralsund. Design apparently heavily dependant on wartime 'M40' minesweepers, though diesel propulsion employed instead of steam. Ships of 2nd series were completed with additional section amidships as a result of operational experience.

Modernizations: 1950s, 6.11-6/15: + Zarnitsa radar

1960s, Frankfurt/Oder, Stralsund: - 1 x 1 - 85/52; + 1 x 2 - 57/75 ZIF-31B

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016