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Ships

Names	Builders	Completed (launched)	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
Hauk Falk	MV Horten: Hauk, Fallk	1904: Hauk (3.6.1902), Falk (26.6.1902)	Hauk (9.4.1940 to Germany, Krokodil), Falk (14.4.1940 to Germany, Qualle)	None	None

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	62
Displacement full, t	73
Length, m	34.9
Breadth, m	4.40
Draught, m	1.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	750
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	coal 12
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	16

Project history

Enlarged variant of Varg class, had bad seaworthiness and insignificant endurance, but served very long.

Modernizations

1931, both: - 1 - 450 TT, 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear

Naval service

Both ships were reclassified to patrols with minesweeping capacity in 1931. Falk was captured by German troops at Tonsberg and commissioned by Germans under name Qualle. Hauk was captured by German troops 9.4.1940 at Horten and commissioned by German Navy as Krokodil. Both were retroceded in May, 1945, never commissioned, immediately stricken and broken up next year.