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CZAJKA coastal minesweepers (1918 / 1920)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Czajka (ex-Finlandia I, ex-FM2)   413 Seebeck, Geestemünde, Germany 1917 6.7.1918 8.1918 // 9.1920 stricken 1935
Jaskółka (ex-Finlandia II, ex-FM27)     Caesar Wollheim, Breslau, Germany 1917 1918 1918 // 9.1920 stricken 1935
Mewa (ex-Finlandia III, ex-FM28)     Caesar Wollheim, Breslau, Germany 1917 1918 1918 // 9.1920 survey vessel 1934
Rybitwa (ex-Finlandia IV, ex-FM31)   144 Lübecker Maschinenbau Ges., Germany 1917 1919 1919 // 9.1920 stricken 1935


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

170

Displacement full, t

193

Length, m

41.8 wl 43.0 oa

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.40 normal 1.68 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 1 Marine boiler

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

coal 32

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 7.9/92, 20 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

35



Standard scale images


<i>Czajka</i> 1920
Czajka 1920


Project history

ex-German minesweepers of FM class, bought by Poland in Denmark.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.