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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

M3 inshore minesweepers (1940-1941)

Names

M3 - 14

Builders

Marstrand Varv: M3, 4

Motala, Norrköping: M5, 6

Tore Holm Varv: M7, 8

Fisksätra Varv, Stockholm: M9, 10

Larssons, Kristinehamn: M11, 12

Ystad Varv: M13

Valdemarsvik Varv: M14

Commissioned

9-12/1940: M3 - 5, 7, 9, 11

1-11/1941: M6, 8, 10, 12 - 14

Losses

no

Transfers

no

Discarding

3-12/1955: M3 - 6

11/1957: M11, 12

2-12/1959: M7, 8, 13, 14

1-11/1960: M9, 10

 

Displacement standard, t

50

Displacement full, t

?

Length, m

25.0

Breadth, m

5.10

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Scania or 2 Ellwe or 2 Bolinder diesels

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/63 K/66 M40, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

 

Project history: Harbour minesweepers with mahogany hulls. Simplified variant of М1 class adapted for mass production. They were built on various small yards. Series was laid down in 1939-1940 and completed in 1940-1941.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: no significant events.

M5 1950

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