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Seehund 17 2008

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
Seehund 1 - 18	MAK, Kiel: Seehund 1-18	1980: Seehund 1-3 1981: Seehund 4-12 1982: Seehund 13-18	none	none	2015: Seehund 2, 11-13, 15, 17 in service (2019): Seehund 1, 3-10, 14, 16, 18

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	91
Displacement full, t	99
Length, m	26.9
Breadth, m	4.60
Draught, m	1.40
No of shafts	1 Schöttel propeller / rudder
Machinery	1 MWM TRHS518A diesel
Power, h. p.	445
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	520(9)
Armament	magnetic minesweeping solenoid, 2x SDG-21 mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	0 / 3

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Project history

Ordered in 1977 to operate three-apiece with the Type 351 control ships. Beginning in 1999, were converted to work with the Type 352 conversion control ships. Essentiallythey are remote-controlled, self-propelled magnetic minesweeping solenoids with all machinery highly shock-protected. Also able to stream two sets Type SDG-21 Oropesa mechanical minesweeping gear.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.