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"A" minelayers
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 626/270 | Deschimag, Seebeck // Deutsche Werft, Hamburg | 4.5.1939 | --- | --- | cancelled 9.1939 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 5750 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 6380 |
| Length, m | 145.0 wl 152.0 oa |
| Breadth, m | 16.2 |
| Draught, m | 4.68 normal load 5.42 deep load |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 sets Deschimag geared steam turbines, 4 Wagner boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 40000 |
| Max speed, kts | 28 |
| Fuel, t | oil 770 |
| Armour, mm | mine holds: 20 |
| Armament | 4 x 2 - 105/60 SK C/33, 4 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 400 mines |
| Complement | 441 |
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"C"
Project history
Offensive minelayer, development of ideas of Bremse and Brummer of WWI era. Only one ship of four ordered under Z-Plan (A and C were ordered in July, 1938, and E and F in May, 1939) was laid down (estimated completion June, 1942) but soon cancelled.
