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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Hans Albrecht Wedel	K61	1452	Schichau, Königsberg		2.9.1940	22.9.1941	sunk 8.4.1945
Richthofen	K62	1526	Schichau, Königsberg		26.9.1942	5.1943	surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 12.1945, to Soviet Union 3.1946 (Хибины [Khibiny])
Hermann Köhl	K63	1527	Schichau, Königsberg		19.3.1942	---	cancelled 1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1215
Displacement full, t	1375
Length, m	83.8
Breadth, m	11.0
Draught, m	3.05
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 MAN diesels
Power, h. p.	8800
Max speed, kts	21.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 120
Endurance, nm(kts)	4100(16)
Armament	Hans Albrecht Wedel: 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 3 seaplanes (He 60, He 114, Ar 196, Ar 95, BV 138) Richthofen: 1 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 3 seaplanes (He 60, Ar 196, Do 24, Ar 95, BV 138)
Complement	66

Project history

Slightly increased version of Karl Meyer. Richthofen was laid as Werner Minders. Designed armament (3 20mm MG) at the moment of commission was strengthened. Sisterships "M" and "N" (both Schichau) were ordered but never laid down and cancelled in March, 1943. Slightly modified "O" (K71, 1780t, 96.0x12.0x3.3m, 8800hp, 22kts) was never ordered.

Modernizations

1943, Hans Albrecht Wedel: - 1 x 1 - 37/80; + 1 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38.

Naval service

Hans Albrecht Wedel was sunk 8.4.1945 by Soviet bombers in Danzig Bight. Richthofen on reparations was transferred to the USSR as Khibiny.