M1 1922
Bathurst 1940
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| M1 (ex-M48), 1936- Bathurst | 1936- A1 | Neptun, Rostock, Germany | 9/9/1916 | 10/1916 // 1/1922 | stricken 12/1946 | |
| M2 (ex-M51), 1936- Fournier | 1936- A2 | Seebeck, Geestemünde, Germany | 10/9/1916 | 10/1916 // 1/1922 | stricken 4/1937 | |
| M3 (ex-M52), 1936- Jorge | 1936- A3 | Seebeck, Geestemünde, Germany | 22/11/1916 | 11/1916 // 1/1922 | stricken 8/1946 | |
| M4 (ex-M53), 1936- King, 11/1941- Teniente de la Sota | 1936- A4 | Seebeck, Geestemünde, Germany | 22/11/1916 | 12/1916 // 1/1922 | stricken 7/1937, torpedo TS Teniente de la Sota 11/1941, stricken 12/1946 |
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Displacement standard, t |
M1: 486 M2 - 4: 476 |
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Displacement full, t |
M1: 513 M2 - 4: 503 |
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Length, m |
M1: 56.0 wl 58.3 oa M2 - 4: 55.0 wl 58.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
M1: 7.33 M2 - 4: 7.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.25 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 Marine boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
M1: 1800 M2 - 4: 1890 |
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Max speed, kts |
M1: 16.3 M2 - 4: 16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 115 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(14) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 75/55 Nordenfelt, 30 mines, sweeps |
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Complement |
40 |
Ship project history: In 1921-1922 Argentina has bought in Germany 10 minesweepers. M48, 51-53 concerned to type 1915 and in Argentina Navy received numbers M1-4; and M74, 79, 80, 90, 101, 105 were of type 1916 and some time after purchase were called Meta, Melitta, Margot, Marianne, Margarita, Mecha, but soon received numbers M5-10.
Modernizations: 1927, M1; 1929, M4: boilers were converted to oil fuel (115t of oil, 1800hp, 16.5kts, 2000(14)nm)
Naval service: Fournier was stricken in 1937 and were used as hulk. King was stricken 27/7/1937, but in November, 1941 commissioned again as torpedo drill vessel Teniente de la Sota. Murature in 1938 was re-rated to dispatch vessel, renamed Cormoran, since 1940 on present time she is preserved as museum. Remaining ships in 1940 re-classified to avisos.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011