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SWEDISH NAVY (SWEDEN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

SÖKAREN minesweepers

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sökaren 16, 47 Motala, Norrköping   16/8/1917 4/1918 tug 1930, wrecked 3/10/1953
Sveparen 17, 48, 253 Motala, Norrköping   19/12/1917 9/1918 tender 1930, stricken 1/1964
Sprängaren 18, 49, 254 Motala, Norrköping   12/6/1918 11/1918 tender 1930, stricken 1/1962

 

 

Displacement standard, t

227

Displacement full, t

266

Length, m

25.5 wl 27.8 oa

Breadth, m

6.80

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

Motala VTE, 1 Howden boiler

Power, h. p.

465

Max speed, kn

10

Fuel, t

coal

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/21 M16 AA, mines, sweeps

Complement

17

Ship project history: They were built on the basis of the tug design. Ships were used during service only as minesweepers, but also as tenders and tugs.

Modernizations: 1939-40, all: - 1 x 1 - 57/21; + 1 x 1 - 25/58 M32, 1 x 1 - 8/80.

Naval service: no significant events.

Sveparen 1940

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