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POLARKREIS patrols (1941 - 1942)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Polarkreis V6107, 4.1944- V5913, 5.1944- V6312 310 Fredrikstad Mek. Verkst.   1941 5.1941 surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1947
Polarfront V5903 311 Fredrikstad Mek. Verkst.   1941 12.1941 surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1947
Polarsonne V5902 312 Fredrikstad Mek. Verkst.   1941 9.1941 surrendered 5.1945, to Norway 1947
Nordriff V5905 313 Fredrikstad Mek. Verkst.   1941 10.1941 wrecked 29.12.1942
Nordpol V5906 314 Fredrikstad Mek. Verkst.   1941 2.1942 surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 1947
Nordkyn V6110 317 Fredrikstad Mek. Verkst.   1942 7.1942 surrendered 5.1945, to Soviet Union 4.1946
Ostwind V6115 318 Fredrikstad Mek. Verkst.   1942 9.1942 sunk 1.2.1943


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t

700
Length, m

39.7 wl
Breadth, m

7.67
Draught, m

4.04
No of shafts

1
Machinery

1 4-cyl VCE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.

1300
Max speed, kts

12
Fuel, toil
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

Polarkreis, Polarfront, Polarsonne, Nordriff: 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR

Nordpol, Nordkyn, Ostwind: 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
Complement51


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

V5905 ran aground 29.12.1942 at Sylda. V6115 was sunk by Soviet submarine Shch-403 1.2.1943 off Korsneset.