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V5311 1942
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Polarstern | V6102, 5/1944 - V5912, 5/1944 - V6311 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 30/8/1940 | 3/1941 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway 1945 | |
| Nordlicht | V6103 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 13/9/1940 | 3/1941 | surrendered 5/1945, to Soviet Union 1947 | |
| Polarmeer | V6108, 5/1944 - V5914, 5/1944 - V6313 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 27/9/1940 | 5/1941 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway | |
| O. B. Rogge | V5507, 3/1942 - V5308 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 11/10/1940 | 6/1941 | surrendered 5/1945, to Soviet Union 2/1946 | |
| Johann Kaptinger | NN09 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 2/11/1940 | 7/1941 | collision 12/9/1943 | |
| Cherusker | NM03, 6/1942 - NM01 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 29/11/1940 | 8/1941 | sunk 6/12/1942 | |
| Ubier | NM21 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 30/12/1940 | 9/1941 | sunk 6/12/1942 | |
| Seerobbe | NK08, 5/1942 - V5309 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 5/11/1941 | 1/1942 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway 1947 | |
| Lome | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 20/11/1941 | 5/1942 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway 10/1945 | ||
| Seeotter | V5311 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 19/12/1941 | 9/1942 | surrendered 5/1945, sunk 5/7/1945 | |
| Südwind | V5907, 1/1945 - UJ1232 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 13/1/1942 | 10/1942 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway 1945 | |
| Krebs | NN02, 5/1944 - V6301 | Moss Vaerft & Dokk | 24/2/1942 | 12/1942 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway 1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
632 |
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Length, m |
38.0 wl 41.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.62 |
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Draught, m |
4.08 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 1 boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
1300 |
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Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
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Armament |
V6102, V6103, V6108, V5507, NN09, NM03, NM21: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF MkI, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR NK08, Lome, V5311, V5907, NN02: 1 x 1 - 88/45 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR |
| Complement | 54 |
Ship project history: Whalers, laid down on order of Norwegian companies but purchased by Kriegsmarine during building and commissioned as patrols.
Modernizations: 1942, all survived and completed were armed with 1 x 1 - 88/45 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR.
Naval service: Cherusker, Ubier and Seeotter were mined (latter after war ended). V6102 was capsized in dock 8/10/1942 at Moss, salvaged 24/10/1942, repaired and commissioned again. NN09 was sunk as result of collision 12/9/1943 off Bodö. NM01 and NM21 were mined 6/12/1942 in Porsanger Fjord.
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