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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
M1	1941- V5501, 1942- M5201	710	Stülcken, Hamburg	7.1936	5.3.1937	9.1938	sunk 12.1.1945	"1935" type
M2	1942- M5202	711	Stülcken, Hamburg	7.1936	20.5.1937	3.1939	sunk 11.3.1945	"1935" type
M3		712	Stülcken, Hamburg	11.1936	28.9.1937	12.1938	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-918 [T-918])	"1935" type
M4		787	Oderwerke, Stettin	8.1936	16.10.1937	11.1938	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947	"1935" type
M5		788	Oderwerke, Stettin	8.1936	16.10.1937	1.1939	sunk 18.6.1940	"1935" type
M6		789	Oderwerke, Stettin	12.1936	8.1.1938	6.1939	sunk 23.10.1941	"1935" type
M7		242	Flender-Werft, Lübeck	10.1936	29.9.1937	10.1938	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-912 [T-912])	"1935" type
M8		243	Flender-Werft, Lübeck	10.1936	29.9.1937	1.1939	sunk 14.5.1943	"1935" type
M9		244	Flender-Werft, Lübeck	3.1937	16.11.1937	5.1939	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Somme)	"1935" type
M10		718	Stülcken, Hamburg	1937	9.8.1938	5.1939	sunk 14.3.1944	"1935" type
M11		798	Oderwerke, Stettin	1.1938	23.8.1938	8.1939	sunk 6.6.1940	"1935" type
M12		249	Flender-Werft, Lübeck	10.1937	6.8.1938	8.1939	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947	"1935" type
M13		727	Stülcken, Hamburg	3.1938	28.2.1939	9.1939	sunk 31.5.1944	"1935" type
M14		728	Stülcken, Hamburg	5.1938	25.4.1939	12.1939	sunk 3.5.1945	"1935" type
M15		729	Stülcken, Hamburg	1.1939	4.9.1939	2.1940	sunk 20.3.1945	"1935" type
M16		730	Stülcken, Hamburg	4.1939	15.11.1939	6.1940	damaged 4.11.1943, never repaired	"1935" type
M17		803	Oderwerke, Stettin	9.1938	29.7.1939	1.1940	abandoned 22.8.1944, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-921 [T-921])	"1935" type
M18		804	Oderwerke, Stettin	9.1938	16.9.1939	3.1940	sunk 20.3.1945	"1935" type
M19		805	Oderwerke, Stettin	10.1938	28.10.1939	5.1940	sunk 9.4.1945	"1935" type
M20		257	Flender-Werft, Lübeck	9.1938	16.6.1939	12.1939	sunk 21.7.1944	"1935" type
M21		258	Flender-Werft, Lübeck	9.1938	6.9.1939	4.1940	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947	"1935" type
M22		259	Flender-Werft, Lübeck	1.1939	20.3.1940	7.1940	scuttled 7.5.1945	"1935" type
M23		260	Flender-Werft, Lübeck	1.1939	11.7.1940	10.1940	surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 1945, BU	"1935" type
M24, 2.1957- Wespe	F211	261	Flender-Werft, Lübeck	7.1939	12.10.1940	2.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Ailette), reverted to West Germany 2.1957 (Wespe), target vessel 9.1963	"1935" type
M25		741	Stülcken, Hamburg	9.1939	19.3.1940	11.1940	scuttled 16.11.1944	"1938" type
M26		742	Stülcken, Hamburg	11.1939	21.5.1940	12.1940	sunk 15.5.1942	"1938" type
M27		743	Stülcken, Hamburg	11.1939	20.11.1940	2.1941	sunk 11.8.1944	"1938" type
M28		744	Stülcken, Hamburg	12.1939	29.7.1940	5.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Meuse)	"1938" type
M29		813	Oderwerke, Stettin	10.1939	18.5.1940	9.1940	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-913 [T-913])	"1938" type
M30		814	Oderwerke, Stettin	10.1939	1.6.1940	10.1940	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-914 [T-914])	"1938" type
M31		815	Oderwerke, Stettin	11.1939	13.7.1940	12.1940	sunk 21.10.1944	"1938" type
M32		816	Oderwerke, Stettin	11.1939	24.8.1940	3.1941	surrendered 5.1945, sold mercantile	"1938" type
M33		432	Lübecker Maschinenbau	6.1941	1.4.1942	12.1942	surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom	"1938" type
M34		433	Lübecker Maschinenbau	1941	7.8.1942	6.1943	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 2.1946 (Т-920 [T-920])	"1938" type
M35		1437	Schichau, Elbing	4.1940	9.11.1940	9.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Bapaume)	"1938" type
M36		1438	Schichau, Elbing	4.1940	21.12.1940	1.1942	sunk 4.5.1945	"1938" type
M37		366	Atlaswerke, Bremen	7.1940	12.10.1940	6.1941	sunk 4.6.1944	"1939 (Mob)" type
M38		367	Atlaswerke, Bremen	5.1940	28.2.1941	12.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Oise)	"1939 (Mob)" type
M39		368	Atlaswerke, Bremen	10.1940	8.8.1941	5.1942	sunk 24.5.1944	"1939 (Mob)" type
M81, 2.1957- Hummel	F210	427	Lübecker Maschinenbau	1940	20.12.1940	7.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Laffaux), reverted to West Germany 2.1957 (Hummel), target vessel 10.1963	"1939 (Mob)" type
M82		428	Lübecker Maschinenbau	1940	23.3.1941	11.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 1948, BU	"1939 (Mob)" type
M83		429	Lübecker Maschinenbau	1940	5.6.1941	3.1942	sunk 14.6.1944	"1939 (Mob)" type
M84		430	Lübecker Maschinenbau	1940	3.9.1941	6.1942	scuttled 11.8.1944	"1939 (Mob)" type
M85, 2.1957- Brummer	F209	431	Lübecker Maschinenbau	1940	6.12.1941	9.1942	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Yser), reverted to West Germany 2.1957 (Brummer), hulk 6.1966	"1939 (Mob)" type
M101		229	Rickmers-Werft, Wesermünde	1940	15.3.1941	9.1941	collision 25.11.1942	"1939 (Mob)" type
M102		230	Rickmers-Werft, Wesermünde	1941	1.8.1941	4.1942	surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 1948, BU	"1939 (Mob)" type
M103		231	Rickmers-Werft, Wesermünde	1941	3.12.1941	8.1942	sunk 15.6.1944	"1939 (Mob)" type
M104		232	Rickmers-Werft, Wesermünde	1941	1.4.1942	11.1942	surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 1948, BU	"1939 (Mob)" type
M131		79	Lindenau, Memel	1940	20.12.1941	8.1942	surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 1948, BU	"1939 (Mob)" type
M132		80	Lindenau, Memel	6.1940	7.4.1941	1.1942	sunk 20.9.1944	"1939 (Mob)" type
M133		81	Lindenau, Memel	10.1941	3.8.1942	3.1943	scuttled 6.8.1944	"1939 (Mob)" type
M151		829	Oderwerke, Stettin	1940	19.10.1940	5.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-915 [T-915])	"1939 (Mob)" type
M152		830	Oderwerke, Stettin	1940	16.11.1940	6.1941	sunk 23.7.1943	"1939 (Mob)" type
M153		831	Oderwerke, Stettin	4.1940	4.1.1941	9.1941	sunk 10.7.1943	"1939 (Mob)" type
M154		832	Oderwerke, Stettin	6.1940	3.5.1941	11.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 2.1946	"1939 (Mob)" type
M155		833	Oderwerke, Stettin	1940	19.7.1941	1.1942	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-924 [T-924])	"1939 (Mob)" type
M156		834	Oderwerke, Stettin	1941	4.10.1941	4.1942	sunk 6.2.1944	"1939 (Mob)" type
M201		494	Neptun, Rostock	3.1940	18.5.1940	12.1940	surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 1948, BU	"1939 (Mob)" type
M202		495	Neptun, Rostock	3.1940	29.9.1940	4.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Craonne)	"1939 (Mob)" type
M203		496	Neptun, Rostock	4.1940	29.9.1940	6.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-919 [T-919])	"1939 (Mob)" type
M204		497	Neptun, Rostock	5.1940	21.12.1940	8.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-916 [T-916])	"1939 (Mob)" type
M205, 2.1957- Biene	F207	498	Neptun, Rostock	10.1940	3.5.1941	11.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Belfort), reverted to West Germany 2.1957 (Biene), hulk 5.1968	"1939 (Mob)" type
M206		499	Neptun, Rostock	10.1940	5.5.1941	12.1941	scuttled 6.8.1944	"1939 (Mob)" type
M251		285	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg	1.1940	12.7.1940	12.1940	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Péronne)	"1939 (Mob)" type
M252		286	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg	3.1940	27.9.1940	2.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Ancre)	"1939 (Mob)" type
M253, 2.1957- Bremse	V5502, 2.1957- F208	287	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg	1940	23.11.1940	4.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to France 10.1947 (Vimy), reverted to West Germany 2.1957 (Bremse), target vessel 10.1963	"1939 (Mob)" type
M254		288	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg	1940	17.2.1941	6.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 2.1946 (Т-917 [T-917])	"1939 (Mob)" type
M255		289	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg	1940	1.4.1941	10.1941	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-922 [T-922])	"1939 (Mob)" type
M256		290	Deutsche Werft, Hamburg	3.1941	31.5.1941	1.1942	surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945 (Т-923 [T-923])	"1939 (Mob)" type

Technical data

Data variant	as completed	Bundesmarine
Displacement standard, t	"1935": 682 "1938": 713 "1939 (Mob)": 785	F207 - 210: 685 F211: 682
Displacement full, t	"1935": 874 "1938": 908 "1939 (Mob)": 878	F207 - 210: 878 F211: 874
Length, m	"1935": 66.0 wl 68.1 oa "1938": 66.6 wl 71.0 oa "1939 (Mob)": 66.6 wl 68.4 oa	F207 - 210: 66.0 wl 68.3 oa F211: 66.0 wl 68.1 oa
Breadth, m	"1935", "1939 (Mob)": 8.70 "1938": 9.20	8.70
Draught, m	2.12 normal 2.65 deep load	2.60
No of shafts	M1, 2: 2 Voith-Schneider M3 - 24, "1938", "1939": 2	M1, 2: 2 Voith-Schneider M3 - 24, "1938", "1939": 2
Machinery	2 Lentz SE, 2 Wagner or La Mont boilers	Lentz SE, 2 Wagner boilers
Power, h. p.	"1935": 3500 "1938": 3200 "1939 (Mob)": 3700	3500
Max speed, kts	18.1 - 18.3	18.3
Fuel, t	"1935", "1939 (Mob)": oil 143 "1938": oil 155	oil 155
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(10)
Armament	"1935": 2 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts C/16, 1 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 30 mines, 2 DCT (12), mechanical minesweeping gear "1938": 2 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts C/16, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 30 mines, 2 DCT (12), mechanical minesweeping gear "1939 (Mob)": 2 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts C/16, 1 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 30 mines, 2 DCT (20), mechanical minesweeping gear	2 x 1 - 105/45 Tbts C/16
Electronic equipment	GHG hydrophone	radar
Complement	"1935": 84 "1938": 97 "1939 (Mob)": 95 - 119	100

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Project history

Multi-purpose ships for operations in coastal areas, built by three slightly differing series, but frequently concern to uniform class. Type 1935 ships were ordered by two series on 12 ships in 1935-1936. Type 1938 had increased hull dimensions for seaworthiness improvement, besides, it has allowed to place additional generators for magnetic sweeps. On type 1939(Mob), ordered after a beginning of war, the changes directed on simplification of technology of building have been entered.

All these minesweepers were equipped by VTEs and Wagner or La Mont boilers (35atm, 450°C) with oil-burning. M1 and 2 had Voith-Schneider vertical-axis propellers, significantly raising manoeuvrability; it planned to equip by them all ships of type 1938, but because of their complexity and low reliability it have refused. Design armament consisted of 2 105mm guns and 3 20mm MGs; during war twin 37mm (instead of aft 105mm or 20mm gun) and quadruple 20mm MGs, and also DCTs were installed; in 1944 some ships received strengthened artillery: 2 single 105mm, 1 twin 37mm, 1 quadruple and 4 twin 20mm mounts.

Modernizations

1944, some survived were armed with 2 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts C/16, 1 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 4 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic minesweeping gear

Some ships were reverted to West Germany from France in 1956 and commissioned by navy in February 1957, F207 Biene, F208 Bremse, F209 Brummer, F210 Hummel, F211 Wespe with data as given in the table.

1958, all: - 1 x 1 - 105/45; + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, sonar

1960, all: - 1 x 1 - 105/45; + 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, 2 x 2 - 20/80 Mk 5 (HS804)

Naval service

M1 was sunk 12.1.1945 by British aircraft off Bergen. M2 was sunk 11.3.1945 by British aircraft at coast of Norway. M5 was lost 18.6.1940 at coast of Norway on a mine laid by British submarine Porpoise. M6 was mined 23.10.1941 at Lorient. M8 was sunk 14.5.1943 by British MTBs at Hoek van Holland. M9 was disarmed in St. Nazaire 23.8.1944, captured by American troops 11.5.1945 and BU in 1945. M10 was sunk 13.3.1945 by American field guns at Lorient. M11 was lost 6.6.1940 on a mine laid by British submarine Narwhal at S coast of Norway. M13 was mined 31.5.1944 in a mouth of Gironde. M14 was mined 3.5.1945 at Rügen. M15 and M18 were sunk 20.3.1945 by British aircraft at Kiel. M16 was hard damaged by Soviet aircraft at Kotka 4.11.1943, repair was not completed; 20.3.1945 she was destroyed by British aircraft in Kiel. M17 was scuttled 22.8.1944 at Rochefort. M19 was sunk 9.4.1945 by British aircraft in Kiel Bight. M20 was sunk 21.7.1944 by Soviet aircraft in Narva Bay. M22 was scuttled 7.5.1945 in Kiel Canal. M23 was sunk 11.7.1941 on a mine at Pyarnu; salvaged 26.7.1941 and 22.4.1943 commissioned again. M25 was scuttled 16.11.1944 at W coast of France. M26 was sunk 15.5.1942 by British aircraft at La Hague. M27 was mined 11.8.1944 in a mouth of Gironde. M31 was sunk 21.10.1944 by Soviet MTB TK-215 at Honningsvaag. M36 was sunk 4.5.1945 by British aircraft in Great Belt. M37 was sunk 4.6.1944 by Soviet MTB TK-101 in Narva Bay. M39 was sunk 24.5.1944 by British MTB354 and MTB261 in Seine Bay. M83 was sunk 14.6.1944 by British destroyer Ashanti and Polish destroyer Piorun at Jersey. M84 was hard damaged 25.5.1944 on a mine in Seine Bay and 11.8.1944 scuttled at Le Havre. M101 was sunk 25.11.1942 as result of collision with s/s Levante W off Namsos. M103 was sunk 15.6.1944 by British aircraft in mouth of Ems. M132 was sunk 20.9.1944 by British submarine Sceptre at S coast of Norway. M133 and M206 were scuttled 6.8.1944 at St. Malo. M152 was mined 23.7.1944 in a mouth of Gironde. M153 was sunk 10.7.1943 by British escort destroyers Melbreak, Wensleydale and Glaisdale in La Manche. M156 was hard damaged 5.2.1944 by British escort destroyers Tanatside, Talybont, Brissenden and Wensleydale in La Manche and 6.2.1944 destroyed by British aircraft.