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Sixtus Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Minekran Nr.V, 1933- Kvintus	5	123	Orlogsværftets, København	1916	16.2.1917	1917	scuttled 29.8.1943
Minekran Nr. VI, 1933- Sixtus	6	130	Orlogsværftets, København	1918	21.12.1918	1919	scuttled 29.8.1943

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	186
Displacement full, t
Length, m	27.0
Breadth, m	6.30
Draught, m	2.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Bergsund surface-ignition heavy-oil motors-generators, 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	290
Max speed, kts	8
Fuel, t	heavy fuel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/38 Bofors, 60 mines
Complement	26

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Project history

Small minelayers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Both were scuttled by crews 29.8.1943, salvaged by Germans, again scuttled in 1945. They were again salvaged, repaired and entered service with East Germany Navy as patrol and training vessels Fürstenberg and Prenzlau. Former was broken up in 1973, and latter was yet transferred this year to youth organization as Freundschaft.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.