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M3201 minesweepers (1942)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
M3201     de Merwede, Hardinxveld   1942 6.1942 sunk 6.8.1944
M3202     de Merwede, Hardinxveld   1941 7.1942 sunk 16.9.1944


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t

462 BRT

Length, m 
Breadth, m 
Draught, m 
No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament 
Complement 


Project history

Fishery trawlers laid down for Dutch companies but purchased by Kriegsmarine during building and commissioned as minesweepers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

M3201 was mined 6.8.1944 off Zeebrügge. M3202 was sunk by Allied aircraft 16.9.1944 off Tereuzen.