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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

ESCORTS

EKWATOR patrols

V316 1943

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
--- V316 de Klop, Sliedrecht   24/9/1942 8/1943 sunk 25/9/1943
--- V2017 de Klop, Sliedrecht   14/1/1943 10/1943 surrendered 5/1945, sold 8/1948
Ekwator V2013 P. Smit jr. N. V., Rotterdam   17/10/1942 11/1943 surrendered 5/1945, sold 1947
Karel V2014 P. Smit jr. N. V., Rotterdam   31/10/1942 10/1943 surrendered 5/1945, sold 6/1948
--- V2015 J. & K. Smit`s Sheepsw., Kinderdijk   1943 8/1943 surrendered 5/1945, sold 7/1948
--- V2016 J. & K. Smit`s Sheepsw., Kinderdijk   1943 10/1943 sunk 2/11/1944
--- V718 Verschure & Co. Sheepsw. N. V., Amsterdam   1942 5/1943 sunk 21/2/1944
--- V719, 1945- UJ1118 Verschure & Co. Sheepsw. N. V., Amsterdam   1942 8/1943 sunk 6/3/1945
--- V720 Nederl. Sheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam   1943 1/1944 sunk 23/8/1944
--- V721 Nederl. Sheepsbouw Mij., Amsterdam   1943 2/1944 sunk 23/8/1944

 

Displacement standard, t

  

Displacement full, t

1250

Length, m

53.4 wl 61.0 oa

Breadth, m

9.00

Draught, m

4.17

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE with exhaust steam turbine, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

760

Max speed, kts

11.5

Fuel, t

coal 152

Armament

1 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/06, 1 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 DCT (40), 1 flamethrower
Complement

69

Ship project history:  Fishery trawlers, ordered to Dutch shipbuilders by Soviet Union and purchased by Kriegsmarine during building and commissioned as patrols.

Modernizations: 1944, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 20/65; + 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38

Naval service: V316 was torpedoed by Allied aircraft 25/9/1943 off Kamperduin (Camperdown) and ran aground S off Den Helder. V2016 was torpedoed by British MTBs 2/11/1944 off Hook van Holland. V718 was mined after 21/2/1944 off Lorient. UJ1118 was bombed by Allied aircraft 6/3/1945 at Sassnitz. V720 and V721 were sunk by gunfire of British boats 23/8/1944 at Audierne.

 

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