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VOLKSMARINE (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

No411 minesweeping boats (1953-1958)

Forst 1965

Names

series I

411

412

413

414

415

416

series II

421

422

423

424

425

426

431/311, 1.1960- Aue

432/312, 1.1960- Zwickau

433/321, 1.1960- Freiberg

434/511, 1.1960- Senftenberg

435/341, 1.1960- Forst

436/322, 1.1960- Waren, later G-17

441/311, 1.1960- Meissen

442/312, 1.1960- Görlitz

443, 1.1960- Kamenz

444/321, 1.1960- Prenzlau

445, 1.1960- Eisenach

446/322, 1.1960- Gotha

451/377, 1.1960- Jena

452/331, 1.1960- Greiz

453/332, 1.1960- Pössneck

454/353, 1.1960- Eisleben

455/334, 1.1960- Köthen

456/331, 1.1960- Zeitz

series III

321, 1.1960- Torgau, later G-33/G-13

322, 1.1960- Calbe, later G-34/G-14

323, 1.1960- Stendal, later G-35/G-15

324, 1.1960- Burg, later G-36/G-16

325, 1.1960- Borna, later G-31/G-11

326/345, 1.1960- Wurzen, later G-32/G-12

341/353, 1.1960- Weimar

342/354, 1.1960- Weisswasser

343/323, 1.1960- Luckenwalde

344/374, 1.1960- Brandenburg

345/373, 1.1960- Nauen

346/622, 1.1960- Anklam

361/364, 1.1960- Güstrow

362/422, 1.1960- Sternberg

363/362, 1.1960- Ilmenau

364/363, 1.1960- Meiningen

365/321, 1.1960- Hagenow, later G-19

366/324, 1.1960- Sonnenberg

Builders

Ernst Thälmann, Brandenburg: 411-416

Yachtwerft, Berlin: 421-426, 431-436, 441-446, 451-456, 321-326, 341-346, 361-366

Commissioned

1953: 411-416

1955: 421-426, 431-436, 441-446

1956: 451-456, 321-326, 341, 342, 346

1957: 343-345, 361-365

1958: 366

Losses

362 Sternberg (30.9.1962, collision)

Transfers

Tanzania, 1966: 444, 363

Discarding

1957: 412 (TR), 413 (TR), 415 (TR), 416 (TR)

1964: 425, 346

1965: 433

1966: 423

1967: 422

1968: 411, 414, 421, 424, 431, 432, 454, 456

1969: 364

1970: 443, 445

1971: 426, 435, 321-326, 345, 361

1973: 436, 451, 341, 342, 344, 365

1974: 343, 366

1981: 441, 452, 453, 455

1986: 434, 442, 446

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

84

Length, m

28.8

Breadth, m

4.40

Draught, m

1.31

No of shafts

2

Machinery

ser. I, II: 2 6VD224 diesels

ser. III: 2 6NVD26A diesels

Power, h. p.

ser. I, II: 300

ser. III: 530

Max speed, kts

11.3

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 500(11)

Armament

ser. I, II: 1 x 2 - 12.7/79, MT-1 mechanical, TEM-2, ST-2 magnetic, BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear

ser. III: 1 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3, MT-1 mechanical, TEM-2, ST-2 magnetic, BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment none

Complement

14

Project history: Type 'Schwalbe'. MInesweeping boats. Series III boats had changed hull shape and additional ballast, improved stability made possible installation of twin 25mm mount.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Some boats were transferred in 1960s to Board Guard and received 'G' numbers.

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