KUJ1 1941
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| KUJ1 | UJ1219 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 22/2/1943 | 7/1943 | sunk 20/10/1944 | |
| KUJ2 | UJ1430 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 7/7/1943 | 11/1943 | surrendered 5/1945, GMSA despatch vessel Ente 1945, to United Kingdom 1947 | |
| KUJ3 | UJ1431 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 14/10/1943 | 2/1944 | surrendered 5/1945, GMSA despatch vessel Aldebaran 1945, to Soviet Union 2/1946 | |
| KUJ4 | UJ1432 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 29/12/1943 | 5/1944 | surrendered 5/1945, GMSA despatch vessel Pollux 1945, to Soviet Union 4/1946 | |
| KUJ5 | UJ1708 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 22/4/1944 | 8/1944 | surrendered 5/1945, GMSA despatch vessel Sirius 1945 (1946 - Schwertfisch), sold 1948 | |
| KUJ6 | UJ1704 | Unterweser, Bremerhaven | 1944 | ---// 11/1945 | completed as GMSA despatch vessel Orion, to Soviet Union 3/1946 | |
| KUJ7 | UJ1113 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 10/12/1942 | 10/1943 | sunk 21/12/1944 | |
| KUJ8 | UJ1220 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 25/3/1943 | 10/1943 | sunk 12/10/1944 | |
| KUJ9 | UJ1433 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 12/8/1943 | 1/1944 | sunk 28/8/1944 | |
| KUJ10 | UJ1224 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 13/11/1943 | 4/1944 | sunk 15/9/1944 | |
| KUJ11 | UJ1116 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 15/3/1944 | 7/1944 | sunk 21/12/1944 | |
| KUJ12 | UJ1225 | Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 29/6/1944 | 12/1944 | surrendered 5/1945, GMSA despatch vessel KUj12 1945, sold 1952 | |
| KUJ13 | UJ1210 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1942 | 4/1943 | sunk 9/10/1943 | |
| KUJ14 | UJ1713 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1943 | 8/1943 | sunk 13/11/1944 | |
| KUJ15 | UJ1221 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1943 | 1/1944 | sunk 12/11/1944 | |
| KUJ16 | UJ1702 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1944 | 7/1944 | sunk 21/12/1944 | |
| KUJ17 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 1944 | --- | incomplete, to Soviet Union 7/1946 | ||
| KUJ18 | Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg | 22/12/1949 | --- // 1950 | completed mercantile 1950 | ||
| KUJ21 | UJ1209 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 12/8/1942 | 3/1943 | sunk 20/6/1944 | |
| KUJ22 | UJ1409 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 1943 | 5/1943 | damaged 23/5/1944, repair incomplete | |
| KUJ23 | UJ1222 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 1943 | 3/1944 | surrendered 5/1945, GMSA despatch vessel KUj23 1945, sold 1952 | |
| KUJ24 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 1949 | --- // 1950 | damaged on the stocks 1944, completed mercantile 1950 | ||
| KUJ25 | UJ1223 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 1944 | 8/1944 | sunk 12/11/1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
830 |
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Displacement full, t |
970 |
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Length, m |
53.7 wl 58.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.44 |
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Draught, m |
3.50 normal, 4.40 deep load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE with exhaust steam turbine, 1 boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
960 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 193 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4700(12.5) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 88/45 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 DCT (120) |
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Complement |
61 |
Ship project history: Unique German purpose built submarine chasers. The project of "War chaser" (Kriegs-U-Jager) was been developed on the basis of a fish trawler with adaptation under naval requirements. For improvement of seaworthiness the forecastle was lengthened, bridge was shifted fwd. Ships were equipped by single-shaft VTE, working on coal, sonar and had big DC stowage.
Totally 25 ships were ordered but only 21 were completed.
Modernizations: 1945, most survived: - 3 x 1 - 20/65; + 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 3 x 2 - 20/65 C/38
Naval service: In days of war 12 units are lost. KUJ1 (UJ1219) was torpedoed 20/10/1944 by Soviet submarine V-4 at Nordkyn. KUJ7 (UJ1113) and KUJ11 (UJ1116) were lost 21/12/1944 on mines off beacon Feuerstein. KUJ8 (UJ1220) was sunk 12/10/1944 by torpedo from Soviet submarine V-2 at Berlevog. KUJ9 (UJ1433) was sunk 28/8/1944 by British MTB at Cape Antifer. KUJ10 (UJ1224) was sunk 15/9/1944 by Soviet aircraft in the Kongs Fjord. KUJ14 (UJ1713), KUJ15 (UJ1221) and KUJ25 (UJ1223) were sunk 13/11/1944 by British cruisers Kent, Bellona and destroyers Myngs, Verulam, Zambesi, Algonquin at Aegersunn. KUJ13 (UJ1210) was sunk 9/10/1943 by British aircraft at Gotenhafen. KUJ21 (UJ1209) was sunk 20/6/1944 by torpedo from Soviet submarine S-104 in Tana Fjord. KUJ22 (UJ1409) was lost 21/12/1944 on a mine at La Pallis.
KUJ3, KUJ4, KUJ6, KUJ16 and KUJ17 on reparations were transferred to the USSR. Remaining ships after war were used in various qualities to 1960th.
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