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Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
NO24 Schildkröte (ex-Kjæk) NO25 Seestern (ex-Hvas) (87) NO23 Krokodil (ex-Hauk) (88) NO26 Qualle (ex-Falk)	Fredrikstad Mekaniske, Norway: Schildkröte, Seestern Marinens Hovedverft, Horten, Norway: Qualle, Krokodil	1901 // 4.1940: Schildkröte, Seestern 1904 // 4.1940: Qualle, Krokodil	none	Norway, 5.1945: all	none

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Names

NO24 Schildkröte (ex-Kjæk)

NO25 Seestern (ex-Hvas)

(87) NO23 Krokodil (ex-Hauk)

(88) NO26 Qualle (ex-Falk)

Builders

Fredrikstad Mekaniske, Norway: Schildkröte, Seestern

Marinens Hovedverft, Horten, Norway: Qualle, Krokodil

Commissioned

1901 // 4.1940: Schildkröte, Seestern

1904 // 4.1940: Qualle, Krokodil

Losses

none

Transfers

Norway, 5.1945: all

Discarding none

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	45
Displacement full, t	64
Length, m	34.5
Breadth, m	4.40
Draught, m	1.60
No of shafts	1
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 water-tube boilers
Power, h. p.	700
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	coal 12
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/42 Hotchkiss, 1 DCR (4 - 6)
Complement	16 - 18

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Project history

ex-Norwegian torpedo boats converted to minesweepers in 1920s, used as patrols in German Navy. Kjæk and Falk were captured 14.4.1940, Hvas 12.4.1940 and Hauk 9.4.1940.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

All were transferred to Norway in May, 1945 and broken up.