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CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
mine destruction vessels of WW I
Ships
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT (disp., t) |
Dimensions, m |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP10 Aachen, 4.1915- SP1 | 4.1895 // 10.1914 | Stettiner Vulcan | 3833 (8000) | 108.3x13.3 | 12 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 1800 | 2x1-88/32 | sunk 30.7.1915 |
| Bielefeld SP3, 4.1915- SP5 | 16.7.1898 // 10.1914 | Flensburger SB | 4460 (9900) | 118.9x14.5 | 12 | 1VTE, 4boilers, 2500 | 2x1-88/32 | stranded 22.6.1915 |
| Bolivia SP6, 8.1914- SP3 | 23.9.1889 // 8.1914 | Armstrong, Newcastle, UK | 2646 | 94.5x11.9 | 10.5 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 1260 | none | returned 10.1914 |
| Cordoba SP8 | 28.10.1895 // 2.1915 | Reiherstiegswerft, Hamburg | 4889 (9700) | 114.8x14.1 | 10.5 | 1VQE, 3boilers, 1900 | none | test ship 6.1915 |
| Dania SP1 | 3.12.1904 // 9.1915 | Reiherstiegwerft, Hamburg | 3898 | 107.9x13.3 | 11.5 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 2100 | 2x1-88/32 | to United Kingdom 5.1919 |
| Erlangen SP2, 4.1915- SP6 | 21.6.1902 // 10.1914 | Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack | 5285 (9390) | 115.3x14.5 | 12 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 2600 | 2x1-88/32 | sunk 2.3.1917 |
| Franken (ex-Frankdale) SP8 | 1906 // 3.1917 | Conell, Glasgow, UK | 4856 | 121.9x15.9 | 11.5 | 1VTE, 3boilers | 2x1-88/32 | returned 1.1919 |
| Gertrud (ex-Willy Rickmers) SP10 | 6.1915 // 9.1917 | Rickmers, Geestemünde | 5091 | 122.2x16.2 | 10 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 2500 | 3x1-88/32 | returned 12.1918 |
| Gifhorn (ex-Gifford) SP9 | 1913 // 5.1917 | Doxford, Sunderland, UK | 5119 | 132.0x16.5 | 11 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 2500 | 2x1-88/32 | returned 12.1918 |
| Glatz (ex-Glenearn) SP11 | 1.1914 // 5.1917 | Bartram, Sunderland, UK | 4959 | 118.9x15.4 | 12 | 1VTE, 3boilers | 2x1-88/32 | returned 1.1919 |
| Lothar (ex-Lothian) SP12 | 5.1902 // 5.1917 | Conell, Glasgow, UK | 4959 | 117.5x15.3 | 11 | 1VTE, 2boilers | 2x1-88/32 | returned 12.1918 |
| Mecklenburg SP1, 4.1915- SP10 | 19.4.1892 // 8.1914 | Caird, Greenock, UK | 3453 (7626) | 106.5x12.8 | 11 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 1800 | 2x1-88/32 | returned 12.1915 |
| Niederwald SP5, 2.1915- SP4 | 23.1.1904 // 8.1914 | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark | 3457 (8300) | 108.2x13.7 | 10.5 | 1VTE, 4boilers, 2450 | 2x1-88/32 | sunk 23.2.1917 |
| Ottensen SP11, 4.1915- SP2 | 12.9.1904 // 10.1914 | Swan Hunter, Newcastle, UK | 4258 (10220) | 115.8x15.2 | 12 | 1VQE, 3boilers, 2600 | 2x1-88/32 | collision 16.3.1916 |
| Pallanza SP4 | 11.5.1891 // 8.1914 | Swan Hunter, Newcastle, UK | 4606 | 121.5x14.4 | 11 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 2500 | none | sunk 11.2.1915 |
| Rio Negro SP10, 2.1918- SP1 | 20.2.1905 // 3.1917 | Tecklenborg, Geestemünde | 4613 | 114.6x14.3 | 11 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 2200 | 2x1-88/32 | returned 12.1918 |
| Rio Pardo SP4 | 20.5.1905 // 3.1917 | Tecklenborg, Geestemünde | 4613 | 114.6x14.3 | 11 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 2200 | 2x1-88/32 | returned 12.1918 |
| Santa Cruz SP7, 11.1915- SP8, 3.1917- SP5 | 17.6.1905 // 8.1914 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 5824 (10950) | 123.4x15.3 | 11 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 2900 | 3x1-88/32 | returned 12.1918 |
| Sao Paulo SP8 | 3.10.1896 // 8.1914 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | 4724 | 114.6x14.0 | 11 | 1VQE, 4boilers, 1800 | none | sunk 14.1.1915 |
| Schwaben SP6 | 5.2.1906 // 3.1917 | Bremer Vulkan | 5058 | 129.5x16.0 | 12 | 1VQE, 3boilers, 3000 | 2x1-88/32 | returned 3.1919 |
| Schwarzwald SP9 | 28.12.1911 // 8.1914 | Schichau, Danzig | 4892 (9220) | 106.8x14.6 | 12.5 | 1VQE, 3boilers, 3200 | 2x1-88/32 | sunk 9.1.1917 |
| Solingen SP12, 4.1915- SP3 | 2.9.1905 // 10.1914 | Neptunwerft, Rostock | 4195 (10200) | 121.9x14.8 | 12 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 2200 | 2x1-88/32 | returned 11.1918 |
| Steigerwald SP7 | 29.12.1911 // 9.1915 | Flensburger SB | 4836 (9650) | 108.2x14.8 | 12.5 | 1VQE, 3boilers, 3200 | 2x1-88/32 | returned 12.1918 |
| Therapia (ex-Baltika) SP2 | 21.12.1901 // 4.1916 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | 3781 | 106.7x13.6 | 14 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 3000 | 3x1-88/32 | test ship 9.1917 |
| Venetia SP3, 8.1914- SP6, 4.1915- SP11 | 26.7.1890 // 8.1914 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | 2987 (7050) | 99.7x12.7 | 12.5 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 2000 | none | sunk 25.9.1915 |
| Westphalia SP2 | 2.9.1889 // 8.1914 | Russel, Greenock, UK | 3079 | 97.9x13.0 | 10 | 1VTE, 2boilers, 1400 | none | returned 10.1914 |
| Wigbert SP8, 12.1917- SP1, 4.1918- SP8 | 21.2.1912 // 5.1917 | Frerichs, Einswarden | 3367 | 104.5x14.6 | 11 | 1VTE, 3boilers, 2000 | 2x1-88/32 | damaged 17.9.1918, stricken |
Standard scale images
Gertrud 1918
Niederwald 1916 more than 1000 BRT
Project history
Merchant vessels converted to mine destruction vessels.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Aahen was torpedoed 30.7.1915 by British submarine E1 ENE of Oestergarhsholme. Bielefeld stranded 22.6.1915 off Juist being torpedoed by British submarine, later salvaged and returned to owner. Erlangen was mined 2.3.1917 off Ameland. Niedewald was badly damaged by mine off Terschelling 23.2.1917, later abandoned and foundered in storm 27.2.1917. Ottensen sank off Borkum reef after hitting by two mines and collision with mine destruction vessel Niederwald 16.3.1916. Pallanza was sunk by German mine in the Ems mouth 11.2.1915. Sao Paulo was mined 14.1.1915 W of Amrumbank. Schwarzwald was mined 9.1.1917 N of Borkum reef. Venetia was torpedoed 25.9.1915 by British submarine E5 in the Ems mouth. Wigbert was badly damaged by mine hit 17.9.1918 in the Elbe mouth and stricken.
