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MMS1001 1946 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
ME1016 (ex-MMS1016)		83	Herd & McKenzie, Buckie, UK		19.6.1943	9.1943 // 1945	wrecked 29.1.1946
ME1038 (ex-MMS1038)			Richards Ironworks, Lowestoft, UK		30.3.1943	8.1943 // 1945	to UK 1950 (MMS1038)
ME1042 (ex-MMS1042)			Humphrey & Smith, Grimsby, UK		15.6.1943	9.1943 // 1945	to UK 1950 (MMS1042)
ME1044 (ex-MMS1044)		35	Wivenhoe Shipyard, UK		30.12.1943	9.1944 // 1945	to UK 1950 (MMS1044)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	360
Displacement full, t	430
Length, m	42.7
Breadth, m	8.51
Draught, m	3.15 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 diesel
Power, h. p.	500
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	diesel oil 54
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(9.5)
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Complement	21

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Project history

Enlarged variant of 115ft MMS. Wooden hull, acoustic and magnetic sweeping gears. 4 ships were transferred to Denmark on loan from RN.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

MMS1016 had accidentally sunk 29.1.1946.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.