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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

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M3201 minesweepers

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
M3201   de Merwede, Hardinxveld   1942 6/1942 sunk 6/8/1944
M3202   de Merwede, Hardinxveld   1941 7/1942 sunk 16/9/1944

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

462 BRT

Length, m

 

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

1

Machinery

diesel

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Armament

 
Complement  

Ship project history: Fishery trawlers laid down for Dutch companies but purchased by Kriegsmarine during building and commissioned as minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: M3201 was mined 6/8/1944 off Zeebrügge. M3202 was sunk by Allied aircraft 16/9/1944 off Tereuzen.

 

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