V5711 1941
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Steiermark (ex-Capitan Nuñes) | V5711, 5/1944- V6608 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1940 | 1/1941 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway 1945 | |
| Felix Scheder | V5506, 5/1942- V5307 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1941 | 5/1941 | sunk 12/9/1944 | |
| Vandale | NM01 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1941 | 8/1941 | sunk 27/2/1942 | |
| Polarnacht | V5904 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1941 | 9/1941 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway 1947 | |
| Westwind | V5910, 5/1944- V6314 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1942 | 7/1942 | surrendered 5/1945, to Soviet Union 1947 | |
| Wappen von Hamburg (ex-Magerøy) | NSa07, 5/1944- V6607 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1942 | 12/1942 | lost 9/3/1945 | |
| Varanger | V5905 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1942 | 8/1943 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway 1947 | |
| Rotges | NKi08, 7/1944- V6701 | Nylands Mek. Verkst., Oslo | 1943 | 1944 | surrendered 5/1945, to Norway 1947 |
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Displacement standard, t |
512 |
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Displacement full, t |
711 |
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Length, m |
39.8 wl 44.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.23 |
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Draught, m |
3.32 normal 4.15 deep load |
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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 |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
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Armament |
Steiermark, Felix Scheder, Vandale, Polarnacht: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF MkI, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR Westwind, Wappen von Hamburg, Varanger, Rotges: 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 | 53 |
Ship project history: Whalers, laid down on order of Norwegian and Argentinian 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: V5307 was bombed by British aircraft E off Stadlandet. NM01 was torpedoed by Soviet submarine Shch-402 27/2/1942 N off Svaerholtklubben. V6606 was lost by unknown cause 9/3/1945.
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