NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Marne (ex-M442)	1950- M609	553	P. Smit, Rotterdam, Netherlands	5.1941	17.8.1942	12.1942 // 10.1947	BU 1953
Suippe (ex-M432)	1950- M610	285	Nederlandsche Scheepsbow, Amsterdam, Netherlands	4.1941	7.3.1942	10.1942 // 10.1947	BU 1953
Aisne (ex-M452)		797	Gusto / Smulders, Schiedam, Netherlands		19.12.1942	2.1943 // 10.1947	BU 1949

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	637
Displacement full, t	775
Length, m	57.6 wl 62.3 oa
Breadth, m	8.90
Draught, m	2.34 normal 2.82 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE with exhaust turbine, 2 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	2615
Max speed, kts	17.2
Fuel, t	coal 156
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armament	2 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32, (3 - 4) x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 15/84, 2 x 1 - 86 R Ag M42/43 AARL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (42), 12 mines, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	S-Gerät, GHG sonars
Complement	75

Standard scale images

Project history

Ex-German minesweepers of 1940 type. In addition France received M275, 277, 404, 408, 424, 434, 454, 475, 476 and 495 of this type but none saw active service and they were BU by 1949.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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