NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
6/31, 1.1960- Suhl	213		Volkswerft Stralsund	10.4.1952		27.4.1953	stricken 11.1967
6/32, 1.1960- Schwerin	214		Volkswerft Stralsund	29.4.1952		7.8.1953	stricken 11.1967
6/33			Volkswerft Stralsund			1953	wrecked 1957, later salvage vessel
6/34, 1.1960- Neubrandenburg	251		Volkswerft Stralsund			8.12.1953	stricken 12.1965
6/35			Volkswerft Stralsund			1954	salvage vessel 1957
6/36, 1.1960- Cottbus	212		Volkswerft Stralsund			2.2.1954	stricken 2.1965

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	370
Displacement full, t	510
Length, m	59.1
Breadth, m	8.00
Draught, m	2.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 6KVD43A diesels
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	1400(10)
Armament	6/31-6/34: MT-1 mechanical, TEM-2, ST-2 magnetic, BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear, 18 mines 6/35, 6.36: 1 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 4 x 1 - 25/80 84KM, MT-1 mechanical, TEM-2, ST-2 magnetic, BAT-2 acoustic minesweeping gear, 18 mines
Electronic equipment	Tamir-11 sonar
Complement	38

Standard scale images

Project history

Ordered on 1 January 1951 from Volkswerft Stralsund. Design apparently heavily dependant on wartime 'M40' minesweepers, though diesel propulsion employed instead of steam.

Modernizations

1954, 6.31-6/34: + 1 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 4 x 1 - 25/80 84KM

early 1960s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 37/63, 4 x 1 - 25/80; + 1 x 1 - 85/52 90K, 4 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M, 2 DCR, radar

Naval service

: In 1957 6.33 ran aground off Sassnitz, and was refloated and rebuilt, with one other of the class, as salvage ships R-11 and R-21.