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Names |
MS1, 1951- M559 Sorte Sara; MS2, 1951- M560 Askø, 1960- Y386 Askø, 8/1965- MHV81 Askø; MS3, 1951- M561 Baagø, 1960- Y387 Baagø, 5/1966- MHV84 Baagø; MS4; MS5, 1951- M562 Enø, 1960- Y388 Enø, 8/1965- MHV82 Enø; MS6, 1951- M563 Fænø, , 4/1960- MHV80 Fænø; MS7, 1951- M564 Hjortø, 1960- Y389 Hjortø, 5/1966- MHV85 Hjortø; MS8, 1951- M565 Lyø, 1960- Y390 Lyø, 1967- MHV86 Lyø; MS9, 1951- M566 Manø, 8/1965- MHV83 Manø, 1960- Y391 Manø; MS10, 1951- M567 Strynø |
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Builders |
Frederikssund Skibsværft / Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen |
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Commissioned |
7-11/1941: MS1 - 10 |
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Losses |
MS1 (interned in Sweden 8/1943, returned 5/1945), MS2 (captured by Germany 29/8/1943, returned 5/1945), MS3 (captured by Germany 29/8/1943, returned 5/1945), MS5 (captured by Germany 29/8/1943, returned 5/1945), MS6 (captured by Germany 29/8/1943, returned 5/1945), MS7 (interned in Sweden 8/1943, returned 5/1945), MS8 (interned in Sweden 8/1943, returned 5/1945), MS9 (captured by Germany 29/8/1943, returned 5/1945), MS10 (captured by Germany 29/8/1943, returned 5/1945) MS4 (scuttled 29/8/1943) |
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Transfers |
no |
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Discarding |
6/1956: Sorte Sara, Strynø 10/1993: Lyø 1-12/2000: Manø, Hjortø 1/2001: Baagø 4/2003: Enø 4-12/2004: Fænø, Askø |
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Displacement standard, t |
70 |
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Displacement full, t |
74 |
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Length, m |
24.4 |
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Breadth, m |
4.56 |
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Draught, m |
1.50 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Møller & Jochumsen diesel |
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Power, h. p. |
250 |
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Max speed, kts |
11 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen, 1 x 2 - 8/80, sweeps |
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Complement |
11 |
Ship project history: Small minesweepers, really minesweeping boats. Survived crafts were re-rated as patrol boats in 1960. In 1960-1967 they all were transferred to Home Guard as MHV80 series.
Modernizations: 1946, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 20/60, 1 x 2 - 8/80; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
1960s, all survived as MHV: - sweeps; + 1 x 1 - 7.6/90
1970s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 7.6/90
Naval service: MS4 was scuttled by crew in Holmen 29/8/1943. MS1, MS7 and MS9 29/8/1943 were interned in Sweden. MS2, MS3, MS5, MS6, MS8 and MS10 were captured by Germans 29/8/1943 and in May, 1945 returned to Denmark.
Strynø 1953
© Ivan Gogin, 2010