NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
M1		359	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1914	26.5.1915	7/1915	stricken 3.1920
M2		360	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1914	3.6.1915	8/1915	stricken 10.1921
M3		361	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1914	19.9.1915	9/1915	stricken 10.1921
M4		362	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1914	19.9.1915	10/1915	stricken 10.1921
M5		363	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1914	19.9.1915	10/1915	stricken 10.1921
M6		364	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1914	19.9.1915	11/1915	sunk 31.7.1918
M7		348	Neptun, Rostock	1914	1915	7/1915	stricken 10.1921
M8		349	Neptun, Rostock	1914	18.6.1915	8/1915	stricken 11.1920
M9		350	Neptun, Rostock	1914	1915	9/1915	sunk 18.6.1917
M10		351	Neptun, Rostock	1914	1915	9/1915	stricken 3.1920
M11		352	Neptun, Rostock	1914	21.7.1915	10/1915	sunk 28.12.1917
M12		353	Neptun, Rostock	1914	27.7.1915	10/1915	sunk 27.7.1916
M13		63	Nordseewerke, Emden	1914	26.5.1915	11/1915	stricken 3.1920
M14		64	Nordseewerke, Emden	1914	21.11.1915	2/1916	sunk 16.5.1917
M15		365	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1915	19.9.1915	12/1915	sunk 30.3.1917
M16		366	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1915	14.11.1915	1/1916	sunk 21.3.1917
M17		367	Seebeck, Geestemünde	1915	19.12.1915	1/1916	stricken 3.1920
M18		354	Neptun, Rostock	1915	25.8.1915	11/1915	stricken 7.1920
M19		355	Neptun, Rostock	1915	10.9.1915	12/1915	stricken 7.1921
M20		356	Neptun, Rostock	1915	30.9.1915	12/1915	stricken 7.1921
M21			Frerichs, Einswarden	1915	10/1915	12/1915	stricken 3.1920
M22			Frerichs, Einswarden	1915	12/1915	1/1916	sunk 14.10.1918
M23		273	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1915	29.7.1915	8/1915	sunk 4.6.1917
M24		274	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1915	11.8.1915	9/1915	sunk 16.3.1917
M25		275	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1915	28.8.1915	10/1915	stricken 7.1921
M26		276	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	1915	9.9.1915	10/1915	sunk 21.3.1917

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	M1 - 6: 425 M7 - 26: 450
Displacement full, t	M1 - 6: 456 M7 - 26: 476
Length, m	M1 - 6: 55.1 oa 53.5 wl M7 - 26: 56.4 oa 54.8 wl
Breadth, m	7.30
Draught, m	2.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	M1 - 6: 1400 M7 - 26: 1600
Max speed, kts	M1 - 6: 16.3 M7 - 26: 16.2
Fuel, t	coal 112
Endurance, nm(kts)	1680(14)
Armament	1 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 1 x 5 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	40

Standard scale images

Project history

These Type 1914 fleet minesweepers were seaworthy boats which could make 13kts with sweeping gear deployed. A significant feature of the type was the slight whaleback forecastle.

Modernizations

1915-1916, all survived: - 1 x 5 - 37/20; + 1 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89

Naval service

M6 was mined 31.7.1918 in the North Sea. M9 was mined 18.6.1917 in the North Sea. M11 was mined 28.12.1917 in the North Sea. M12 was mined 27.7.1916 in the North Sea. M14 was mined 16.5.1917 in the North Sea. M15 was mined 30.3.1917 in the North Sea. M16 was mined 21.3.1917 in the North Sea. M22 was mined 14.10.1918 in the North Sea. M23 was mined 4.6.1917 in the North Sea. M24 was mined 16.3.1917 in the North Sea. M26 was mined 21.3.1917 in the North Sea.