Texel 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Texel (ex-MMS173) | J673 | J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham, UK | 21.12.1941 | 5.1942 | stricken 11.1945 | ||
| Terschelling (ex-MMS174) | J674 | J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham, UK | 15.3.1942 | 7/1942 | sunk 12.7.1942 | ||
| Marken (ex-MMS227) | J727 | Frank Curtis, Par, UK | 15.7.1942 | 10/1942 | sunk 20.5.1944 | ||
| Ameland (ex-MMS231) | J731, 1946- MV5, 1950- M861 | J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham, UK | 1942 | 12/1942 | stricken 1957 | ||
| Beveland (ex-MMS237) | J737, 1946- MV6, 1950- M862 | 29 | Wivenhoe Shipyard, UK | 1943 | 4/1943 | stricken 1956 | |
| Marken (ex-MMS54) | J554, 1946- MV7, 1950- M863 | Herd & McKenzie, Buckie, UK | 22.9.1941 | 12.1941 // 8.1944 | stricken 1957 | ||
| Putten (ex-MMS138) | J638, 1946- MV8, 1950- M864 | Husband Yacht Yard, Marshwood, UK | 9.11.1942 | 5/1943 | stricken 1957 | ||
| Rozenburg (ex-MMS292) | J792, 1946- MV9, 1950- M865 | Frank Curtis, Par, UK | 1943 | 4/1943 | stricken 1957 | ||
| Terschelling (ex-MMS234) | J734, 1946- MV10, 1950- M866 | J. L. Bolson, Poole, UK | 1943 | 6/1943 | stricken 1957 | ||
| Texel (ex-MMS73) | MV11, 1950- M867 | East Anglian Constructors, Oulton Broad, UK | 13.6.1942 | 9.1942 // 11.1945 | stricken 1957 | ||
| Vlieland (ex-MMS226) | J726, 1946- MV12, 1950- M868 | Frank Curtis, Par, UK | 15.8.1942 | 10/1942 | sunk 11.1951 |
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Displacement standard, t |
255 |
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Displacement full, t |
295 |
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Length, m |
36.4 |
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Breadth, m |
7.14 |
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Draught, m |
2.67 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 Crossley or Newbury diesel |
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Power, h. p. |
480 |
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Max speed, kts |
10.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 24 - 26 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 550(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
20 |
Project history: Standard British motor minesweepers, transferred for replacement of the mobilised trawlers. Very successful design of wooden coastal minesweeper able to sweep magnetic and acoustic mines.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Terschelling was sunk by German aircraft 12.7.1942. Marken was lost 20.5.1944 on a mine in a mouth of Thames. Vlieland was sunk in November, 1951 at coast of New Guinea.
Vlieland 1947
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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