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BESKYTTEREN minelayers (1944-1945/1954)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Beskytteren (ex-LSM390) N50, 1955- N60   Charleston N Yd, USA 11/1944 12.12.1944 1.1945 // 8.6.1954 stricken 11.1964
Vindhunden (ex-LSM392) N51, 1955- N61   Charleston N Yd, USA 11/1944 17.12.1944 2.1945 // 22.6.1954 stricken 11.1964


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

753

Displacement full, t1095
Length, m

59.9 wl 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

2.60

No of shafts2
Machinery

4 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)2500(12)
Armament

4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 3, 400 mines

Electronic equipmentradar
Complement70


Standard scale images


<i>Beskytteren</i> 1960
Beskytteren 1960


Project history

Former USN LSM class medium landing ships, converted to minelayers before transfer.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.