NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
MZ1		816	Stülcken, Hamburg	1944	16.4.1944	29.8.1944	surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 1945
MZ2		817	Stülcken, Hamburg	1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
MZ3		818	Stülcken, Hamburg	1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
MZ4		819	Stülcken, Hamburg	1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	285
Displacement full, t	315
Length, m	50.0 wl 52.0 oa
Breadth, m	8.30
Draught, m	2.00 normal 2.10 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	1 KHD diesel
Power, h. p.	1098
Max speed, kts	13.6
Fuel, t	diesel oil 18
Endurance, nm(kts)	2100(12)
Armament	2 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 37/69 FlaK M/42, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 3 x 1 - 86 R Ag M42/43 AA RL, 2 x 1 - 533 TT, 6 DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	presumably GHG hydrophone
Complement	53

Standard scale images

Project history

Rather cheap multi-purpose ships (Mehrzwecke Fahrzeuge) for actions in an inshore waters, could be used as escorts, anti-submarine ships or minesweepers. They had original machinery: one diesel worked through a reduction gear on 2 shafts. In 1943 12 units were ordered but building of only 4 was begun and only lead ship was completed.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

MZ1 was never fully commissioned by German navy, her trials were incomplete when war ended. In 1945 MZ1 was captured by British troops, her further fate is unknown.

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