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MS1 motor minesweepers (1941)


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Strynø 1953

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

MS1, 1951- M559 Sorte Sara

MS2, 1951- M560 Askø, 1960- Y386 Askø, 8.1965- MHV81 Askø

MS3, 1951- M561 Baagø, 1960- Y387 Baagø, 5.1966- MHV84 Baagø

MS4

MS5, 1951- M562 Enø, 1960- Y388 Enø, 8.1965- MHV82 Enø

MS6, 1951- M563 Fænø,, 4.1960- MHV80 Fænø

MS7, 1951- M564 Hjortø, 1960- Y389 Hjortø, 5.1966- MHV85 Hjortø

MS8, 1951- M565 Lyø, 1960- Y390 Lyø, 1967- MHV86 Lyø

MS9, 1951- M566 Manø, 8.1965- MHV83 Manø, 1960- Y391 Manø

MS10, 1951- M567 Strynø

Frederikssund Skibsværft / Orlogsværftets, København: MS1 - 10

7-11/1941: MS1 - 10

MS1 (interned in Sweden 8.1943, returned 5.1945), MS2 (captured by Germany 29.8.1943, returned 5.1945), MS3 (captured by Germany 29.8.1943, returned 5.1945), MS5 (captured by Germany 29.8.1943, returned 5.1945), MS6 (captured by Germany 29.8.1943, returned 5.1945), MS7 (interned in Sweden 8.1943, returned 5.1945), MS8 (interned in Sweden 8.1943, returned 5.1945), MS9 (captured by Germany 29.8.1943, returned 5.1945), MS10 (captured by Germany 29.8.1943, returned 5.1945)

MS4 (scuttled 29.8.1943)

none

6/1956: Sorte Sara, Strynø

10/1993: Lyø

1-12/2000: Manø, Hjortø

1/2001: Baagø

4/2003: Enø

4-12/2004: Fænø, Askø



Technical data


Displacement standard, t70
Displacement full, t74
Length, m

24.4

Breadth, m

4.56

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Møller & Jochumsen diesel

Power, h. p.

250

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 20/56 Madsen, 1 x 2 - 8.80, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

11



Standard scale images


<i>Askø </i>1960
Askø 1960


Graphics


<i>Strynø</i> 1953
Strynø 1953


Project history

Small minesweepers, really minesweeping boats. Survived crafts were re-rated as patrol boats in 1960. In 1960-1967 they all were transferred to Home Guard as MHV80 series.

Modernizations

1946, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 20/60, 1 x 2 - 8.80; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

1960s, all survived as MHV: - minesweeping gear; + 1 x 1 - 7.6/90

1970s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 7.6/90, Raytheon RM1290S radar

Naval service

MS4 was scuttled by crew in Holmen 29.8.1943. MS1, MS7 and MS9 29.8.1943 were interned in Sweden. MS2, MS3, MS5, MS6, MS8 and MS10 were captured by Germans 29.8.1943 and in May, 1945 returned to Denmark.