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M3 inshore minesweepers (1940-1941)


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M5 1950

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

M3 - 14

Marstrand Varv: M3, 4

Motala, Norrköping: M5, 6

Tore Holm Varv: M7, 8

Fisksätra Varv, Stockholm: M9, 10

Larssons, Kristinehamn: M11, 12

Ystad Varv: M13

Valdemarsvik Varv: M14

9-12/1940: M3 - 5, 7, 9, 11

1-11/1941: M6, 8, 10, 12 - 14

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no

3-12/1955: M3 - 6

11/1957: M11, 12

2-12/1959: M7, 8, 13, 14

1-11/1960: M9, 10



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

50

Displacement full, t?
Length, m

25.0

Breadth, m

5.10

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Scania or 2 Ellwe or 2 Bolinder diesels

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 20/63 K/66 M40, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

 



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<i>M5</i> 1950
M5 1950


Project history

Harbour minesweepers with mahogany hulls. Simplified variant of М1 class adapted for mass production. They were built on various small yards. Series was laid down in 1939-1940 and completed in 1940-1941.

Modernizations

none.

Naval service

no significant events.