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VOLKSMARINE (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

3001 ocean minesweepers (1957-1958)

Berlin 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
3001, 1.1960- Berlin 227/245 27 Peenewerft, Wolgast     16.8.1957 stricken 10.1979
3002, 1.1960- Halle 220/221 28 Peenewerft, Wolgast     21.9.1957 stricken 10.1972
3003, 1.1960- Dresden 221/225 29 Peenewerft, Wolgast     9.11.1957 stricken 10.1973
3004, 1.1960- Rostock 223 30 Peenewerft, Wolgast     28.11.1957 stricken 10.1973
3005, 1.1960- Gera 224/242 31 Peenewerft, Wolgast     20.12.1957 stricken 10.1972
3006, 1.1960- Magdeburg 229/223 32 Peenewerft, Wolgast     6.3.1958 stricken 10.1972
3007, 1.1960- Erfurt 228/243 33 Peenewerft, Wolgast     28.3.1958 stricken 10.1972
3008, 1.1960- Karl-Marx-Stadt 225/224 34 Peenewerft, Wolgast     4.5.1958 stricken 10.1976
3009, 1.1960- Potsdam 222 35 Peenewerft, Wolgast     8.7.1958 stricken 10.1973
3010, 1.1960- Leipzig 226/222 36 Peenewerft, Wolgast     31.10.1958 stricken 10.1976

 

Displacement standard, t

553

Displacement full, t

741

Length, m

66.1

Breadth, m

8.40

Draught, m

2.52

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 6KVD43A diesels

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2465(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 85/52 90K, 5 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M, 2 DCR, MKT-1 mechanical, TEM-2 magnetic, AT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear, mine-clearing line charges, 30 mines

Sensors

KSIB radar, Tamir-11 sonar

Complement

38

Project history: Development of 'Habicht' class, work beginning in 1955 at Peenewerft, Wolgast. Project 'Krake'.

Modernizations: 1963-1965, all: - KSIB radar; + KSA-5, Zarnitsa radars

Naval service: No significant events.

Leipzig 1970

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

© Ivan Gogin, 2016