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HENRIK GERNER submarine depot ship / minelayer

Henrik Gerner 1940

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Henrik Gerner   Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen 4/1927 4/1/1928 1928 scuttled 29/8/1943

 

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

463

Length, m

49.0

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

diesels

Power, h. p.

900

Max speed, kts

13.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil 45

Armament

2 x 1 - 75/55 KM12, 80 mines

Complement

45

Ship project history: Dual-purpose vessel, really used only as submarine depot ship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Minelayer was scuttled by crew 29/8/1943 in Holmen to avoid capture by Germans. Nevertheless, latter raised scuttled ship, and she entered German service in 1943. Henrik Gerner have renamed Prenzlau and later transferred to East German Navy as auxiliary.

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