Suhl 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 6/31, 1.1960- Suhl | 213 | Volkswerft Stralsund | 10.4.1952 | 27.4.1953 | stricken 11.1967 | ||
| 6/32, 1.1960- Schwerin | 214 | Volkswerft Stralsund | 29.4.1952 | 7.8.1953 | stricken 11.1967 | ||
| 6/33 | Volkswerft Stralsund | 1953 | wrecked 1957, later salvage vessel | ||||
| 6/34, 1.1960- Neubrandenburg | 251 | Volkswerft Stralsund | 8.12.1953 | stricken 12.1965 | |||
| 6/35 | Volkswerft Stralsund | 1954 | salvage vessel 1957 | ||||
| 6/36, 1.1960- Cottbus | 212 | Volkswerft Stralsund | 2.2.1954 | stricken 2.1965 |
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Displacement standard, t |
370 |
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Displacement full, t |
510 |
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Length, m |
59.1 |
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Breadth, m |
8.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 6KVD43A diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2400 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1400(10) |
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Armament |
6/31-6/34: MT-1 mechanical, TEM-2, ST-2 magnetic, BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear, 18 mines 6/35, 6.36: 1 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 4 x 1 - 25/80 84KM, MT-1 mechanical, TEM-2, ST-2 magnetic, BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear, 18 mines |
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Sensors |
Tamir-11 sonar |
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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.
Modernizations: 1954, 6.31-6/34: + 1 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 4 x 1 - 25/80 84KM
early 1960s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 37/63, 4 x 1 - 25/80; + 1 x 1 - 85/52 90K, 4 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M, 2 DCR, radar
Naval service: In 1957 6.33 ran aground off Sassnitz, and was refloated and rebuilt, with one other of the class, as salvage ships R-11 and R-21.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016