Nautilus 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Nautilus | M12 | 158 | Rotterdam Droogdok Mij | 1.1929 | 20.10.1929 | 5.1930 | collision 22.5.1941 |
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Displacement standard, t |
800 |
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Displacement full, t |
951 |
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Length, m |
55.0 pp 58.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.53 |
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Draught, m |
3.50 normal 4.20 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 3 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1350 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 138 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/52 SA Nr.2, 1 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 60 mines |
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Complement |
57 |
Project history: Rather successful ship of double assignment: minelayer and escort; in a peace time she was used as a fishery protection vessel. Nautilus has served as a prototype for a number of subsequent projects. She differed by good seaworthiness, however had no covered mine deck. In a role of escort she was appeared ineffective because of weakness of antiaircraft armament.
Modernizations: 1940: + 2 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII
Naval service: Nautilus was sunk 22.5.1941 as result of collision with British s/s Murrayfield at E coasts of England.
Nautilus
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