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M104

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
M57		400	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1916	1.7.1917	9.1917	accommodation vessel 12.1922
M58		401	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1916	4.8.1917	10.1917	stricken 7.1921
M59		402	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1916	31.10.1917	11.1917	stricken 10.1921, to Lithuania (Prezidentas A. Smetona)
M60, 8.1938- Hecht, 10.1940- M560		403	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1916	28.11.1917	1.1918	test ship 8.1938, minesweeper 10.1940, minesweeping boat depot ship Hille 1.1943
M61		404	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1916	13.4.1918	4.1918	torpedo recovery vessel 11.1938
M62		405	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1916	13.4.1918	4.1918	sunk 9.8.1918
M63		288	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1916	27.3.1917	5.1917	sunk 28.6.1917
M64		289	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1916	21.4.1917	5.1917	sunk 20.4.1918
M65		290	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1916	12.5.1917	6.1917	stricken 7.1921
M66, 11.1937- Störtebecker, 10.1940- M566		291	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1916	2.6.1917	7.1917	test ship 11.1937, minesweeper 10.1940, surrendered 5.1945, sold 1948
M67		381	Neptun, Rostock	1916	30.6.1917	9.1917	sunk 25.4.1918
M68		382	Neptun, Rostock	1916	25.7.1917	10.1917	sunk 29.10.1917, salvaged by Latvian (Virsaitis 11.1921)
M69		383	Neptun, Rostock	1916	16.8.1917	11.1917	stricken 10.1921
M70		384	Neptun, Rostock	1916	28.9.1917	12.1917	stricken 6.1921
M71		622	Vulcan, Bremen	1917	11.1.1918	4.1918	stricken 10.1921
M72, 10.1940- M572		623	Vulcan, Bremen	1917	20.2.1918	4.1918	surrendered 5.1945, auxiliary 1947
M73		624	Vulcan, Bremen	1917	20.2.1918	7.1918	stricken 10.1921
M74		625	Vulcan, Bremen	1917	26.4.1918	6.1918	stricken 7.1921, to Argentina (M5 Murature)
M75, 10.1940- M575		294	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	21.7.1917	8.1917	foundered 2.3.1945
M76		295	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	15.8.1917	9.1917	stricken 7.1921
M77		296	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	4.9.1917	9.1917	stricken 7.1921
M78		297	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	20.11.1917	12.1917	stricken 7.1921
M79		406	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1917	15.1.1919	3.1919	stricken 9.1921, to Argentina (M6 Pinedo)
M80		407	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1917	15.1.1919	4.1919	stricken 9.1921, to Argentina (M7 Py)
M81, 3.1929- Nautilus, 10.1940- M581		408	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1917	8.9.1919	10.1919	test ship 3.1929, minesweeper 10.1940 torpedo recovery vessel 1941
M82, 3.1929- Jagd, 10.1940- M582		409	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1917	8.9.1919	11.1919	depot ship 3.1929, minesweeper 10.1940, surrendered 5.1945, auxiliary 1948
M83		152	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	19.9.1917	11.1917	sunk 1.7.1918
M84, 10.1940- M584		153	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	10.10.1917	12.1917	torpedo recovery vessel 2.1942
M85		110	Nordseewerke, Emden	1917	10.4.1918	8.1918	sunk 1.10.1939
M86		111	Nordseewerke, Emden	1917	10.10.1917	3.1918	stricken 7.1921
M87		298	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	30.10.1917	11.1917	stricken 7.1921
M88		299	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	26.9.1917	10.1917	stricken 7.1921
M89		300	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	11.12.1917	1.1918	sunk 26.7.1940
M90		301	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	29.12.1917	1.1918	stricken 7.1921, to Argentina (M8 Segui)
M91		385	Neptun, Rostock	1917	1.11.1917	1.1918	sunk 10.3.1918
M92		386	Neptun, Rostock	1917	8.12.1917	2.1918	sunk 1.7.1918
M93		387	Neptun, Rostock	1917	18.1.1918	3.1918	stricken 10.1921
M94		388	Neptun, Rostock	1917	20.2.1918	4.1918	stricken 3.1921
M95		154	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	21.12.1917	3.1918	sunk 20.4.1918
M96		155	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	22.2.1918	4.1918	hospital ship 1921
M97		304	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	28.3.1918	4.1918	stricken 10.1921, to Yugoslavia (Орао [Orao])
M98, 10.1940- M598		305	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	16.4.1918	5.1918	torpedo recovery vessel 1941
M99		306	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	8.5.1918	5.1918	stricken 10.1921
M100		307	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	23.5.1918	6.1918	stricken 10.1921, to Yugoslavia (Галеб [Galeb])
M101		156	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	20.4.1918	6.1918	stricken 7.1921, to Argentina (M9 Thorne)
M102, 10.1940- M502		157	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	31.5.1918	7.1918	torpedo recovery vessel 1941
M103		395	Neptun, Rostock	1917	27.3.1918	5.1918	stricken 7.1921
M104, 10.1940- M504		396	Neptun, Rostock	1917	27.4.1918	6.1918	sunk 9.4.1945
M105		516	Reiherstieg, Hamburg	1917	6.7.1918	10.1918	stricken 7.1921, to Argentina (M10 Golondrina)
M106		517	Reiherstieg, Hamburg	1917	8.7.1918	3.1919	stricken 10.1921, to Yugoslavia (Гавран [Gavran])
M107, 4.1939- Von der Groeben, 10.1940- M507		317	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	3.7.1918	7.1918	minesweeping boat depot ship 4.1939, minesweeper 10.1940, sunk 15.6.1944
M108, 10.1936- Delphin, 10.1940- M508, 1943- M3600		318	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	17.7.1918	8.1918	gunnery TS 10.1936, minesweeper 10.1940, surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945
M109, 8.1938- Johann Wittenborg, 12.1938- Sundevall, 10.1940- M509		319	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	7.8.1918	8.1918	test ship 8.1938, minesweeper 10.1940, surrendered 5.1945, auxiliary 1948
M110, 10.1940- M510		320	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	27.8.1918	9.1918	torpedo recovery vessel 11.1941
M111, 10.1940- M511		321	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	17.9.1918	10.1918	torpedo recovery vessel 1941
M112		322	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1917	12.11.1918	10.1919	stricken 10.1921, to Yugoslavia (Jастреб [Yastreb])
M113, 10.1936- Acheron, 10.1940- M513		545	Stülcken, Hamburg	1917	27.5.1919	4.1920	submarine depot ship 10.1936, minesweeper 10.1940, surrendered 5.1945, sold 1947
M114		546	Stülcken, Hamburg	1917	28.9.1920	---	cancelled 6.1919
M115, 10.1935- Arkona, 6.1941- M515		160	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	12.7.1918	9.1918	test ship 10.1935, minesweeper 6.1941, sunk 22.5.1944
M116		161	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	10.8.1918	10.1918	prisoners transport 1920
M117, 10.1940- M517		162	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	20.9.1918	1919	torpedo recovery vessel 11.1941
M118		163	Atlaswerke, Bremen	1917	12.10.1918	4.1919	stricken 7.1921
M119		432	Neptun, Rostock	1917	22.6.1918	8.1918	stricken 3.1921, to Italy (Meteo)
M120, 10.1943- G702 Kehrwieder		433	Neptun, Rostock	1917	24.7.1918	9.1918	stricken 3.1921, to Italy (Abastro, Cotrone, Crotone), captured by German 9.9.1943, minelayer 10.1943, sunk 19.5.1944
M121		434	Neptun, Rostock	1917	10.9.1918	10.1918	stricken 7.1921, to Yugoslavia (Кобац [Kobats])
M122, 10.1940- M522		435	Neptun, Rostock	1917	21.9.1918	2.1919	submarine depot ship 11.1938, minesweeper 10.1940, torpedo recovery vessel 11.1941
M123		416	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M124		417	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M125		379	Flensburger Schiffbau Ges.	1918	26.10.1918	4.1919	prisoner transport 1920
M126, 10.1940- M526		380	Flensburger Schiffbau Ges.	1918	21.12.1918	7.1919	minesweeping boat depot ship Alders 4.1943
M127		194	Union, Königsberg	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M128		195	Union, Königsberg	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M129, 8.1938- Otto Braun, 6.1941- M529		529	Reiherstieg, Hamburg	1918	15.1.1919	5.1919	test ship 8.1938, minesweeper 6.1941, sunk 2.12.1941
M130, 5.1928- Fuchs, 10.1940- M530, 1944- M3800		530	Reiherstieg, Hamburg	1918	13.2.1919	7.1919	TS 5.1928, minesweeper 10.1940, surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 11.1945
M131		531	Reiherstieg, Hamburg	1918	7.6.1919	---	cancelled 6.1919
M132		532	Reiherstieg, Hamburg	1918	14.1.1919	11.1919	explosion 13.11.1939
M133, 3.1929- Wacht, 8.1939- Raule, 10.1940- M533			Frerichs, Einswarden	1918	1919	12.1919	depot ship 3.1929, minesweeping boat depot ship 8.1939, minesweeper 10.1940, collision 9.5.1942
M134, 3.1929- Frauenlob, 10.1940- M534			Frerichs, Einswarden	1918	28.7.1919	3.1920	depot ship 3.1929, minesweeper 10.1940, sunk 9.5.1940, salvaged and commissioned as minesweeping boat depot ship Jungingen 9.1943
M135, 2.1923- Hela, 1.1939- Gazelle, 10.1940- M535			Frerichs, Einswarden	1918	15.3.1919	10.1919	depot ship 2.1923,  minesweeper 10.1940, surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 2.1946
M136, 1939- Havel			Frerichs, Einswarden	1918	1919	11.1919	submarine depot ship 1939
M137		335	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1918	15.1.1919	3.1919	stricken 7.1921
M138, 9.1924- Zieten, 5.1939- Nettelbeck, 10.1940- M538		336	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1918	17.2.1919	3.1919	fishery protection vessel 9.1924, depot ship 10.1932, minesweeping boat depot ship 3.1936, minesweeper 10.1940, wrecked 26.1.1945
M139		337	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1918	12.3.1919	6/1919 // ---	completed mercantile
M140		338	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1918	15.4.1919	6/1919 // ---	completed mercantile
M141			Stülcken, Hamburg	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M142			Stülcken, Hamburg	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M143			Stülcken, Hamburg	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M144			Neptun, Rostock	1918	19.3.1919	6.1919	stricken 6.1921, to Yugoslavia (Сокол [Sokol])
M145, 10.1940- M545			Neptun, Rostock	1918	22.5.1919	6.1919	surrendered 5.1945, sold 1948
M146, 8.1933- Taku, 10.1935- M146, 5.1940- M546, 8.1941- Von der Lippe		384	Flensburger Schiffbau Ges.	1918	21.12.1918	8.1919	depot ship 8.1933, minesweeper 7.1934, minesweeping boat depot ship late 1941
M147		385	Flensburger Schiffbau Ges.	1918	5.1920	1922 // ---	completed mercantile
M148			Flensburger Schiffbau Ges.	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M149			Flensburger Schiffbau Ges.	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M150			Hansawerft, Tonning	1918	5.1920	1920 // ---	completed mercantile
M151			Hansawerft, Tonning	1918	9.1920	1920 // ---	completed mercantile
M152			Hansawerft, Tonning	1918	11.1920	1920 // ---	completed mercantile
M153			Frerichs, Einswarden	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M154			Frerichs, Einswarden	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M155			Frerichs, Einswarden	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M156			Frerichs, Einswarden	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M157, 6.1941- M557			Nordseeerke, Emden	1918	9.4.1919	12.1919	foundered 27.12.1941
M158			Nordseeerke, Emden	1918	1920	1920 // ---	completed mercantile
M161			Reiherstieg, Hamburg	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks
M162			Reiherstieg, Hamburg	1918	---	---	BU on the stocks

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	M57 - 62: 506 M63 - 70: 500 M71 - 74, 79 - 86, 91 - 96: 515 M75 - 78, 87 - 90: 505 M97 - 100, 105 - 112, 125, 126, 129 - 140, 146 - 149, 153 - 158, 161, 162: 508 M101, 102, 115 - 118, 123, 124, 127, 128, 150 - 152, 159, 160: 525
Displacement full, t	M57 - 62: 535 M63 - 70: 539 M71 - 74, 79 - 86, 91 - 96: 553 M97 - 100, 107 - 112, 137 - 140: 548 M101, 102, 115 - 118: 564 M103, 104, 119 - 124, 127, 128, 144, 145, 150 - 152, 159, 160: 560 M105, 106, 125, 126, 129 - 136, 146 - 149, 153 - 158, 161, 162: 550 M113, 114, 141 - 143: 590
Length, m	M57 - 62: 57.8 wl 59.3 oa M63 - 70, 75 - 96, 101, 102, 115 - 118: 56.0 wl 59.3 oa M71 - 74: 55.0 wl 58.2 oa M97 - 100, 103 - 112, 119 - 122, 125 - 132, 137 - 140, 144 - 149, 157 - 162: 56.1 wl 59.6 oa M113, 114, 123, 124, 141 - 143, 150 - 152: 56.1 wl 59.3 oa M133 - 136, 153 - 156: 56.1 wl 59.5 oa
Breadth, m	M57 - 62, 71 - 78, 87 - 90, 97 - 100, 103 - 112, 119 - 126, 129 - 140, 144 - 149, 153 - 158, 161, 162: 7.30 M63 - 70, 79 - 86, 91 - 96, 101, 102, 113 - 118, 127, 128, 141 - 143, 150 - 152, 159, 160: 7.40
Draught, m	M57 - 62: 2.20 M63 - 70, 75 - 78, 87 - 90, 97 - 100, 103 - 112, 119 - 126, 129 - 140, 144 - 149, 153 - 158, 161, 162: 2.15 M71 - 74: 2.25 M79 - 86, 91 - 96, 113, 114, 141 - 143: 2.23 M101, 102, 115 - 118, 127, 128, 150 - 152, 159, 160: 2.28
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	M57 - 62: 1750 M63 - 70, 79 - 86, 91 - 96, 103 - 106, 113, 114, 119 - 126, 129 - 132, 141 - 152, 157, 158, 161, 162: 1850 M71 - 74: 1790 M75 - 78, 87 - 90: 1870 M97 - 100, 107 - 112, 137 - 140: 1840 M127, 128, 159, 160: 1800 M133 - 136, 153 - 156: 1600
Max speed, kts	M57 - 74, 79 - 86, 91 - 100, 103 - 114, 119 - 132, 137 - 152, 157 - 162: 16 M75 - 78, 87 - 90: 16.5 M133 - 136, 153 - 156: 15
Fuel, t	M57 - 62: coal 130 M63 - 70, 79 - 86, 91 - 96, 113, 114, 123, 124, 127, 128, 141 - 143, 150 - 152, 159, 160: coal 120 M71 - 78, 87 - 90, 97 - 100, 103 - 112, 119 - 122, 125, 126, 129 - 140, 144 - 149, 153 - 158, 161, 162: coal 115
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(14)
Armament	M57 - 66: 2 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts L/45 C/16, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear M67 - 74, 85 - 96: 2 x 1 - 88/42 Tbts L/45 C/14, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear M75 - 78, 83, 84: 3 x 1 - 88/42 Tbts L/45 C/14, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear M97 - 105, 107 - 111, 115, 116, 119 - 121: 2 x 1 - 105/42 Ubts L/45 C/16, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear M79 - 82, 106, 112, 113, 117, 118, 122, 125, 126, 129, 130, 132 - 138, 144 - 146, 157: mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	40

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Project history

The second series of M27 class minesweepers, order of 1916. M97 group was similar to M71-96 group, but with strengthened armament.

18 units of type 1916 to a beginning of WWII served as auxiliaries: Hecht, Nautilus, Jagd, Frauenlob, Hela, Havel and Taku as tenders; Von der Groeben, Adlers, Nettelbeck and Raule as minesweeper boat (R-boot) depot ships; Acheron as submarine depot ship; Delphin and Fuchs as gunnery training ships; Störtebecker, Sundewall, Arcona and Otto Braun as test ships. In 1939-1940 the majority of them was reclassified as minesweepers with assignment of former numbers. In the end of 1940 numbering was changed with introduction of new numbers of 500th series (for example, M60 became M560, M110 became M510 etc.).

Modernizations

M138 Nettelbeck, 1939: machinery was replaced by 1 Germania (stb) and 1 MAN (p) diesels (1680hp, 14.1kts, 90t of diesel oil)

all survived, 1940: were rearmed with artillery consisted of 1 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts/Ubts L/45 C/16, (1 - 2) x 1 - 20/65 C/38

all survived, 1943: + 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38

Naval service

M62 was mined in the North Sea 9.8.1918, M63 was mined in the North Sea 28.6.1917, M64 was mined in the North Sea 20.4.1918, М68 was mined 29.10.1917 at Dünamünde, M83 was mined in the North Sea 1.7.1918, M91 was mined in the North Sea 10.3.1918, M92 was mined in the North Sea 1.7.1918 and M95 was mined in the North Sea 20.4.1918. M59 was sold to Latvia. M60, M61, M62, M66, M72, M81, M82, M84, M89 and M96 have been left in a fleet list. M74, M79, M80 and M90 were sold to Argentina, M77 was converted to merchant vessel. Remaining ships were handed over on demolition.

Ships since M121 did not participate in operations. After armistice all incomplete minesweepers (except for having availability over 95%) were broken up. As part of German Navy there remained M98, M99, M100, M102, M104, M107, M108, M109, M110, M111, M113, M115, M117, M122, M126, M129, M130, M132, M133, M134, M135, M136, M138, M145, M146 and M157. Italy received 4 ships (M106, M112, M119, M120) on reparations and bought 3 more (M140, M121 and M144). M97 was sold to Yugoslavia, M101 and M105 to Argentina, M139 to Colombia.

M85 was lost 1.10.1939 on a mine laid by Polish submarine Zbik at Hel. M61, M89 and M136 were lost 26.7.1940 on mines laid by British destroyers at Hoek van Holland. M132 was hard damaged 13.11.1939 as result of explosion of own DCs at beacon Lister and never repaired. M134 was sunk 9.5.1940 at Bergen by British aircraft, salvaged and 21.3.1941 commissioned again as M534, in 1943 converted to R-boat depot ship Jungingen and 27.9.1943 sunk by British MTB202, 204 and 231 at Le Havre. M504 was sunk 9.4.1945 by British aircraft at Kiel. M507 was sunk 15.6.1944 by British aircraft at Boulogne. M511 and M529 were lost on mines at Kolberg 3.11.1941 and 2.12.1941 respectively. M515 was lost 22.5.1944 on British aviation mine in Kiel Bight. M522 was sunk 20.3.1945 at Kiel by American aircraft. M533 was lost 9.5.1942 as a result of collision with minesweeping boat R45 NW off Boulogne. M538 was sunk 21.6.1944 by Soviet aircraft at Vyborg; salvaged, towed off to Königsberg and 26.1.1945 foundered during a storm at Hel. M546 in 1943 was converted to R-boat depot ship Von der Lippe and sunk 15.6.1944 by British aircraft at Boulogne. M557 was sunk 23.12.1941 being damaged by a mine during a storm at Rügen. M575 was sunk 2.3.1945 during a storm in Little Belt. M584 was lost 30.11.1944 on British aviation mine in Kattegat.

M120 of type 1916 was 9.3.1921 transferred on reparations to Italy as Abastro, in 1927 converted to minelayer and renamed Crotone. Ship was captured by German troops 9.9.1943 and 2.10.1943 entered service as Kehrwieder. Kehrwieder 19.4.1944 was lost at Spezia arsenal during raid of Allied aircraft.