MA1 coastal minesweepers (1939

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MA1 coastal minesweepers (1939 - 1943 / 1943)

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
MA1 (ex-Søløven)	Vs1201, 4.1944- Vs63	161	Orlogsvarftet, Copenhagen, Denmark	1938	3.12.1938	7.1939 // 8.1943	surrendered 5.1945, to Denmark 5.1945 (Søløven)
MA2 (ex-Søbjørnen)		162	Orlogsvarftet, Copenhagen, Denmark		16.2.1939	9.1939 // ---	BU unrepaired
MA3 (ex-Søulven)		163	Orlogsvarftet, Copenhagen, Denmark		18.7.1939	6.1940 // ---	BU unrepaired
MA4 (ex-Søridderen)	Vs1202, 4.1944- Vs64	171	Orlogsvarftet, Copenhagen, Denmark		11.4.1942	9.1942 // 8.1943	surrendered 5.1945, to Denmark 5.1945 (Søridderen)
MA5 (ex-Søhesten)	Vs1203, 4.1944- Vs65	172	Orlogsvarftet, Copenhagen, Denmark		30.4.1942	7.1943 // 8.1943	damaged 11.1944, never repaired (later Danish Søhesten)
MA6 (ex-Søhunden)	Vs1204, 4.1944- Vs66	173	Orlogsvarftet, Copenhagen, Denmark		16.5.1942	11.1942 // late 1943	surrendered 5.1945, to Denmark 5.1945 (Søhunden)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	274
Displacement full, t	315
Length, m	51.5 pp 53.8 oa
Breadth, m	6.32
Draught, m	1.98
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 set Atlas geared steam turbines, 1 Thornycroft 3-drum boiler
Power, h. p.	2200
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	oil 30
Endurance, nm(kts)	1035(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 75/52 Bofors Mod.1928, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 86 R Ag M42/43 AA RL, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	48

Standard scale images

MA1 1943

Project history

Former Danish minesweepers Søløven, Søridderen, Søhesten and Søhunden, captured in Copenhagen 28.8.1943. Two ships of the same class, Søbjørnen and Søulven, have received German numbers MA2 and 3, but were never commissioned.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service