NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Einswarden		321	J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden		1917	11.1917	sunk 1.12.1918
Elsfleth		322	J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden		1917	1.1918	to United Kingdom 7.1920
Elmshorn	9.1940- V2004	323	J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden		1917	1.1918	to United Kingdom 7.1920, captured from Belgium 8.1940, commissioned 9.1940, sunk 2.6.1944
Großherzog Friedrich August		324	J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden		10.1917	3.1918	sold 11.1920
Emden		325	J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden		2.1918	6.1918	sold 10.1920
Middendorf		326	J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden		6.1918	9.1918	sold 4.1919
Dortmund	5.1941- V1808	351	J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden		2.1921	6/1921 // 5.1941	completed mercantile, commissioned by navy 5.1941, sunk 23.5.1942
Dresden		352	J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden		2.1921	6/1921 // ---	completed mercantile
Claus Wish	9.1939- V704	395	J. Frerichs & Co, Einswarden		26.9.1924	10.1924 // 9.1939	completed mercantile, commissioned by navy 9.1939, foundered 30.12.1939

Technical data

Displacement normal, t
Displacement full, t	560
Length, m	39.6
Breadth, m	7.05
Draught, m	3.33
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.	450
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal 145
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89 or 88/32 SK L/35 C/01 or 88/27 TK L/30 C/08
Complement	24 - 31

Project history

Fishery trawlers, purchased by Navy during building and commissioned as auxiliary patrols.

Modernizations

Claus Wish, 1939; Elmshorn, 1940; Dortmund, 1941: were re-armed with 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR.

Naval service

Einswarden 1.12.1918 was mined in German Bight.

V2004 was sunk on mine 2.6.1944 off Hook van Holland, salvaged and towed to Rotterdam for repair but repair was incomplete. V1808 was mined 23.5.1942 off Hoofden. V704 was foundered during a storm 30.12.1939 W off Smyge Hook.