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Søridderen 1946

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Søløven	M1, 4.1951- M543, 8.1957- P578	161	Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen	5.1938	3.12.1938	7.1939	captured by Germany 29.8.1943 (MA1), returned 5.1945, stricken 4.1959
Søbjørnen	M2	162	Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen	5.1938	16.2.1939	9.1939	scuttled 29.8.1943
Søulven	M3	163	Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen	12.1938	18.7.1939	6.1940	scuttled 29.8.1943
Søridderen	M4, 4.1951- M544, 8.1957- P579	171	Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen	7.1941	11.4.1942	7.1942	captured by Germany 29.8.1943 (MA4), returned 5.1945, stricken 7.1967
Søhesten	M5, 4.1951- M541, 8.1957- P576	172	Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen	7.1941	30.4.1942	9.1942	captured by Germany 29.8.1943 (MA5), returned 5.1945, stricken 4.1959
Søhunden	M6, 4.1951- M542, 8.1957- P577	173	Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen	7.1941	15.5.1942	11.1942	scuttled 29.8.1943, returned by Germany 5.1945, stricken 7.1962

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	270
Displacement full, t	304
Length, m	53.6
Breadth, m	6.39
Draught, m	1.99
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 set Atlas geared steam turbines, 1 Thornycroft boiler
Power, h. p.	2200
Max speed, kts	19.5
Fuel, t	oil 30
Endurance, nm(kts)	510(19.5)
Armament	1 x 1 - 75/38 M.29, 2 x 1 - 20/56 Madsen, 4 x 1 - 8.80, 2 DCT, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	48

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Project history

First purpose-built modern minesweepers of Danish Navy, could also serve as minelayers. Survived ships, returned by Germans, were reclassified in 1957 to patrol boats.

Modernizations

1945, all survived were returned being armed with 1 x 1 - 75/40 M29, 1 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

1948, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 37/83; + 1 x 1 - 75/40 M29, 2 x 1 - 8.80

1951, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 75/40, 2 x 1 - 20/65, 2 x 1 - 8.80; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT (20), sonar

1956 - 1957, all survived: - minesweeping gear; + 2 DCT (totally 24 DC), radar

Naval service

Søbjørnen, Søulven and Søhunden were scuttled at Holmen 29.8.1943, salvaged by Germans, but only Søhunden entered German service under name МА6 (later Vs1204 and Vs66); in May, 1945 she was returned to Denmark.

Søhesten, Søløven and Søridderen were captured by Germans 29.8.1943 and under names МА5 (later Vs1203 and Vs65), MA1 and МА4 (later Vs1202 and Vs64) respectively, have commissioned by German Navy; in May, 1945 they were returned to Denmark.