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Sachsenwald 1979

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Sachsenwald	A1437		Blohm und Voss, Hamburg	1.8.1966	10.12.1966	20.8.1969	stricken 9.1991
Steigerwald	A1438		Blohm und Voss, Hamburg	9.5.1966	10.3.1967	20.8.1969	stricken 11.1993

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2962
Displacement full, t	3379
Length, m	106.8 wl 110.7 oa
Breadth, m	13.9
Draught, m	4.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MTU MD872 diesels
Power, h. p.	5600
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	diesel oil 250
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(14)
Armament	2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, mines
Electronic equipment	radar
Complement	65

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Project history

Projected under the auxiliary shipbuilding programme of 1959, both units were designed in 1963 and ordered in 1965. Officially, they were Type 762 mine transports, but they had full minelaying capabilities. All decks had minerails, the stern had four hatch-covered launching ramps and two rails on deck lead to the sideward launching positions. Their crane equipment enabled them to supply other ships with mines.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.