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Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
V1 Roi Albert (ex-F16) V2 Reine Elisabeth (ex-F18) V3 Prince Leopold (ex-F19) V4 (ex-F29) V5 Chevalier Casaert (ex-F30) V6 Roi Leopold I (ex-F33) V7 Roi Leopold II (ex-F35) V8 Princesse Marie-José (ex-F36) V9 Dinant (ex-F40) V10 (ex-F48) V11 (ex-F56) V12 (ex-F57)	von Hacht, Germany: V10 Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany: V1 Roi Albert, V2 Reine Elisabeth, V3 Prince Leopold Navighorst, Germany: V4, V5 Chevalier Casaert, V9 Dinant Oltmann, Germany: V6 Roi Leopold I Max Oertz, Hamburg, Germany: V7 Roi Leopold II, V8 Princesse Marie-José Abeking, Lemwerder, Germany: V11, V12	1917 // 11.1918: V1 Roi Albert, V2 Reine Elisabeth, V3 Prince Leopold, V4, V5 Chevalier Casaert, V6 Roi Leopold I, V7 Roi Leopold II, V8 Princesse Marie-José 1918 // 11.1918: V9 Dinant, V10-12	None	None	1927: V1 Roi Albert, V2 Reine Elisabeth, V3 Prince Leopold, V4, V5 Chevalier Casaert, V6 Roi Leopold I, V7 Roi Leopold II, V8 Princesse Marie-José, V9 Dinant, V10-12

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	19
Displacement full, t	21
Length, m	17.5
Breadth, m	4.00
Draught, m	1.05
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Daimler or Benz or Hanomag petrol engines
Power, h. p.	120 - 130
Max speed, kts	10 - 11
Fuel, t	petrol 3
Endurance, nm(kts)	250(11)
Armament	1 x 1 - 7.9/79 or 1 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	7

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Project history

German minesweeping / patrol boats, design of 1915. Intended for operations on inner harbours of naval bases and closed harbour areas, also fulfilled police functions. All served in Flandern, interned at Hellevoetsluis 15.11.1918 and after war commissioned by Belgian Navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.