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KÄRNTEN patrols (1941 - 1943)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kärnten V5712, 5.1944- V6609 128 Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord   1940 3.1941 surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945
Nordkap V6101, 5.1944-  V5911, 5.1944- V6310 129 Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord   1941 6.1941 surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1946
Sudetenland V5713, 5.1944- V6610 130 Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord   1941 8.1941 surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945
Cimber NM12, 5.1944- V6409 131 Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord   1941 12.1941 surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947
Seewolf V5310 132 Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord   1942 7.1942 surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947
Waage NN06, 5.1944- V6304 133 Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord   1942 10.1942 surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1946
Alk NKi11, 7.1944- V6119 134 Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord   1943 9.1943 surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1947
Orion NN08, 5.1944- V6306 135 Framnaes Mek. Verk., Sandefjord   1943 3/1943 surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1945


Technical data


Displacement standard, t330
Displacement full, t

510
Length, m

41.3
Breadth, m

7.77
Draught, m

4.27
No of shafts

1
Machinery

VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.

1300
Max speed, kts

12
Fuel, toil
Armament

Kärnten, Nordkap, Sudetenland, Cimber: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR

Seewolf, Waage, Alk, Orion: 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR
Complement48


Project history

Whalers, laid down on order of Norwegian companies but purchased by Kriegsmarine during building and commissioned as patrols.

Modernizations

1942, all survived and completed were armed with 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR.

Naval service

No significant events.