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	no	no	3-12/1955: M3 - 6 11/1957: M11, 12 2-12/1959: M7, 8, 13, 14 1-11/1960: M9, 10

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

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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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.