Vale 1914
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Vale | MV Horten | 14.4.1874 | 1874 | captured by Germany 13.5.1940 | |||
Uller | MV Horten | 21.7.1876 | 1877 | captured by Germany 10.4.1940 (Uller) |
Displacement normal, t |
229 |
Displacement full, t |
? |
Length, m |
27.3 |
Breadth, m |
7.90 |
Draught, m |
2.20 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VC, 2 boilers |
Power, h. p. |
200 |
Max speed, kts |
8 |
Fuel, t |
coal 22 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 600(8) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 267/14 Armstrong 19.7-ton MLR No.2, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/27 Hotchkiss |
Complement | 38 |
Project history: Coastal gunboats of so-called "Elswick" type.
Modernizations: 1913, both were converted to minelayers: - 1 x 1 - 267/14; + 1 x 1 - 120/44 Armstrong Y, 50 mines; displacement rose to 238/250t
Naval service: Uller was captured by German troops off Bergen, commissioned by Germans under own name and 2.5.1940 sunk by Norwegian aircraft in the Sogne-fjord. Vale was 13.5.1940 captured by German minesweeper М1 off Bremanger, commissioned by Germans as auxiliary.
Vale 1934
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