MZ1 1944
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| MZ1 | Stülcken, Hamburg | 1944 | 16/4/1944 | 29/8/1944 | surrendered 5/1945, to United Kingdom 1945 | |
| MZ2 | Flenderwerke, Lübeck | 1944 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | |
| MZ3 | Flenderwerke, Lübeck | 1944 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | |
| MZ4 | Flenderwerke, Lübeck | 1944 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
285 |
|
Displacement full, t |
315 |
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Length, m |
50.0 wl 52.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.00 normal 2.10 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
KHD diesel |
|
Power, h. p. |
1098 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13.6 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 18 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(12) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 88/45 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 3 x 1 - 86 R Ag M42/43 AA rocket launchers, 2 x 1 - 533 TT, 6 DCR, sweeps |
| Complement |
53 |
Ship project history: Rather cheap multi-purpose ships (Mehrzwecke Fahrzeuge) for actions in an inshore waters, could be used as escorts, anti-submarine ships or minesweepers. They had original machinery: one diesel worked through a reduction gear on 2 shafts. In 1943 12 units were ordered but building of only 4 was begun and only lead ship was completed.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: MZ1 was never fully commissioned by German navy, her trials were incomplete when war ended. In 1945 MZ1 was captured by British troops, her further fate is unknown.
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