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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

SÖKAREN minesweepers (1918)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sökaren 16, 47   Motala, Norrköping   16.8.1917 4.1918 tug 1930, wrecked 3.10.1953
Sveparen 17, 48, 253   Motala, Norrköping   19.12.1917 9.1918 tender 1930, stricken 1.1964
Sprängaren 18, 49, 254   Motala, Norrköping   12.6.1918 11.1918 tender 1930, stricken 1.1962

 

Displacement standard, t

227

Displacement full, t

266

Length, m

25.5 wl 27.8 oa

Breadth, m

6.80

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Motala VTE, 1 Howden boiler

Power, h. p.

465

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/18 K/21 M16 AA, mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

17

Project history: They were built on the basis of the tug design. Ships were used during service not only as minesweepers, but also as tenders and tugs.

Modernizations: 1939-40, all: - 1 x 1 - 57/18; + 1 x 1 - 25/55 K/58 M32, 1 x 1 - 8.80.

Naval service: no significant events.

Sveparen 1940

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