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RHEIN mine transport (1867)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Rhein   55 Vulcan, Stettin 1867 7.9.1867 10/1867 hulk 6.1911


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

398

Displacement full, t

482

Length, m

47.1 oa 44.0 wl

Breadth, m

6.01

Draught, m

3.24

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VSE, 1 rectangular boiler

Power, h. p.

200

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal 39

Endurance, nm(kts)1410(7)
Armament

2 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 100 mines

Complement

81



Standard scale images


<i>Rhein</i> 1910
Rhein 1910


Project history

First German ship with minelaying capacity.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Rhein was commissioned as cargo ship, in 1883 reclassified as mine transport, in 1888 to mine TS and in 1896 to mining test ship.