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Minensuchboot 1935

The first mine hunters build after World War I.  Minensuchboot 1935  Class

   History   Ships   Technical Data   1:1250 Model   Photos 
Name Construction Launched Commissioned Fate
M1 Stülcken Hamburg, 1937 05.03.1937 01.09.1938 Sunk after air attack on 12.01.1945 in the Nordbyfjord.
M2 Stülcken Hamburg, 1937 20.05.1937 25.03.1939 Sunk after air attack on 11.03.1945 in the Fedjefjord.
M3 Stülcken Hamburg, 1937 28.09.1937 10.12.1938 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-918 , on 02.08.1946, when arrived in Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 01.10.1946 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, reclassified as experimental ship and transferred to the Scientifical-Research Mine and Torpedo Weapon Institution of the Navy, on 13.01.1947 transfered to the ship detachment of the branch office of scientifical-research radiotechnical poligon of the Navy, and re-formed as sonar control station. On 01.04.1947 renamed as Issledovatel . On 16.10.1957 reclassified as target ship, on 17.11.1959 removed from the Navy lists, refitted as a floating target, and transfered to the special poligon of the Caspian Flotilla.
M4 Oderwerke Stettin, 1937 16.10.1937 10.11.1938 Taken over by France in 1945 as hulk Q108 , still exisiting in 1972.
M5 Oderwerke Stettin, 1937 16.10.1937 14.01.1939 Sunk after mine hit in the Ramsoyfjord on 18.06.1940.
M6 Oderwerke Stettin, 1937 08.01.1938 06.06.1939 Sunk after mine hit near Lorient on 23.10.1941.
M7 Flender-Werke Lübeck, 1937 29.09.1937 31.10.1938 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-912 ,  on 27.07.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 01.09.1955 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, and reclassified as staff ship, on 17.10.1955 renamed as Belbek . On 08.04.1957 reclassified as target ship, on 07.05.1957 renamed as ZL-5 . On 26.10.1957removed from the Navy lists, refitted as a floating target, and on 26.11.1957 disbanded. In 1958 sunk off Theodosia.
M8 Flender-Werke Lübeck, 1937 29.09.1937 11.01.1939 Sunk by British MTBs off the Dutch coast on 14.05.1943.
M9 Flender-Werke Lübeck, 1937 16.11.1937 05.05.1939 Taken over by France in 1945 as hulk Q206 , scrapped in 1966.
M10 Stülcken Hamburg, 1938 09.08.1938 30.05.1939 Sunk by coastal artillery near Lorient on 13.03.1945.
M11 Oderwerke Stettin, 1937 23.08.1938 07.08.1939 Sunk after mine hit on 06.06.1940.
M12 Flender-Werke Lübeck, 1938 06.08.1938 21.08.1939 Taken over by France in 1947, used as a floating barrack.
M13 Stülcken Hamburg, 1938 28.02.1939 07.09.1939 Sunk after mine hit by a own mine on 31.05.1944.
M14 Stülcken Hamburg, 1938 24.04.1939 01.12.1939 Sunk after mine hit in on 03.05.1945.
M15 Stülcken Hamburg, 1938 04.09.1939 22.02.1940 Sunk after air attack in Kiel on 20.03.1945.
M16 Stülcken Hamburg, 1938 15.11.1939 01.06.1940 Sunk after air attack in Kiel on 20.03.1945.
M17 Oderwerke Stettin, 1939 29.07.1939 17.01.1940 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-921 , on 02.08.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 01.09.1955 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, and reclassified as staff ship, on 17.10.1955 renamed as Kacha. On 20.10.1958 removed from the Navy lists, and refitted as a floating target.
M18 Oderwerke Stettin, 1939 16.09.1939 19.03.1940 Blown up in shipyard while being under repair in May 1945.
M19 Oderwerke Stettin, 1939 28.10.1939 08.05.1940 Sunk after air attack near Kiel on 09.04.1945. Wreck scrapped 1946.
M20 Flender-Werke Lübeck, 1939 28.10.1939 11.12.1939 Sunk after air attack on 21.07.1944.
M21 Flender-Werke Lübeck, 1939 06.09.1939 18.04.1940 Taken over by France in 1945 as hulk floating barrack, scrapped.
M22 Flender-Werke Lübeck, 1939 20.03.1940 30.07.1940 Scuttled near Kiel on 07.04.1945.
M23 Flender-Werke Lübeck, 1940 11.07.1940 26.10.1940 Sunk after mine hit on 11.07.1941. Raised in July 1941, recommissiond in 1943, taken over by Britain after the war, scrapped.
M24 Flender-Werke Lübeck, 1940 12.10.1940 22.02.1941 Sunk after mine hit on 28.01.1944. Raised, taken over by Britain after the war. Given to France in 1947 as Ailette . Bought by German Bundesmarine in 1957 as Wespe . Sunk as a target ship in 1973 near Helgoland.
M25 Stülcken Hamburg, 1940 19.03.1940 16.11.1940 Sunk in September 1944.
M26 Stülcken Hamburg, 1940 21.05.1940 23.12.1940 Sunk after air attack in the British Channel on 15.05.1942.
M27 Stülcken Hamburg, 1940 20.01.1940 10.02.1941 Sunk after mine hit on 11.08.1944.
M28 Stülcken Hamburg, 1940 29.07.1940 22.05.1941 Taken over by Britain after the war. Given ot France as Meuse . Decommissioned in 1957, used as hulk Q57 .
M29 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 18.05.1940 04.09.1940 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-913 , on 27.07.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 03.10.1947 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, and reclassified as hydrographical ship, on 11.11.1947 renamed as Tuman . On 08.09.1956 removed from the Navy lists, on 30.09.1956 transfered for scrapping and disbanded.
M30 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 01.06.1940 31.10.1940 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-914 , on 27.07.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 18.12.1954 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, reclassified as rescue ship, and transfered into the Caspian Flotilla, on 12.01.1955 renamed as Sangesur . On 22.10.1958 removed from the Navy lists and transfered for scrapping.
M31 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 01.06.1940 19.12.1940 Sunk by Soviet MTB  on 21.10.1944.
M32 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 24.08.1940 08.03.1940 Taken over by the USA after the war. Given back to Germany in 1948, planned reconstruction to ferry canceled. Scrapped 1950.
M33 Lübecker Maschinenbaugesellschaft
Lübeck, 1941
01.04.1942 18.12.1942 Taken over by Britain after the war, used as floating barrack, scrapped 1948.
M34 Lübecker Maschinenbaugesellschaft
Lübeck, 1942
07.08.1942 26.06.1943 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 03.02.1946 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-920 , on 02.08.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. Since 23.08.1952 in the Caspian Flotilla. On 16.03.1953 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, reclassified as rescue ship, and renamed as Aragaz . On 21.02.1957 removed from the Navy lists, on 12.03.1957 transfered for scrapping and disbanded.
M35 Schichau Elbing, 1940 09.11.1940 06.09.1941 Taken over by the USA after the war. Given to France as Bapaume in 1947. Scrapped 1952.
M36 Schichau Elbing, 1940 21.12.1940 02.01.1942 Sunk after air attack on 04.05.1945.
M37 Atlas Werke Bremen, 1940 12.10.1940 16.06.1941 Sunk by Soviet MTB  on 04.06.1944.
M38 Atlas Werke Bremen, 1940 28.02.1940 13.12.1941 Used by France after the war as Oise . Scrapped 1958.
M39 Atlas Werke Bremen, 1940 08.08.1940 05.05.1942 Sunk by British MTB  on 24.05.1944.
M81 Lübecker Maschinenbaugesellschaft
Lübeck, 1940
20.12.1940 17.07.1941 Taken over by the USA after the war. Given to France as Laffaux in 1947. Sold to Germany in 1957 as Hummel . Decommissioned in 1963, used as target ship. Scrapped 1976.
M82 Lübecker Maschinenbaugesellschaft
Lübeck, 1940
23.03.1941 17.11.1941 Taken over by Britain, scrapped 1948.
M83 Lübecker Maschinenbaugesellschaft
Lübeck, 1940
05.06.1941 09.03.1942 Sunk by British MTB  on 14.06.1944.
M84 Lübecker Maschinenbaugesellschaft
Lübeck, 1940
03.09.1941 09.06.1942 Destroyed in Le Havre shipyard on 11.08.1944.
M85 Lübecker Maschinenbaugesellschaft
Lübeck, 1940
06.12.1941 18.09.1942 Taken over by Britain after the war. Given to France as Yser in 1947. Sold to Germany in 1957 as Brummer . Decommissioned in 1963, Scrapped 1974.
M101 Rickmers Werft Wesermünde, 1941 15.03.1941 22.09.1941 Sunk after collision on 25.11.1942.
M102 Rickmers Werft Wesermünde, 1941 01.08.1941 28.04.1942 Taken over by Britain, scrapped 1948.
M103 Rickmers Werft Wesermünde, 1941 03.12.1941 06.08.1942 Sunk after air attack on 15.06.1944. Wreck located at 53,36,12N/06,11,14E.
M104 Rickmers Werft Wesermünde, 1941 01.04.1942 07.11.1942 Taken over by Britain, scrapped 1948.
M131 Lindeneau Memel, 1941 20.12.1941 21.08.1942 Taken over by Britain, scrapped 1948.
M132 Lindeneau Memel, 1941 07.04.1941 20.01.1942 Sunk by British submarine Sceptre on 20.09.1944.
M151 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 19.10.1940 05.05.1941 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-915 , on 27.07.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 08.01.1953 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, and reclassified as rescue ship, on 25.02.1953 renamed as Skalistyi . On 12.08.1964 removed from the Navy lists, on  27.08.1964 transfered for scrapping and disbanded.
M152 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 16.11.1940 30.06.1941 Sunk after mine hit on 23.07.1943.
M153 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 04.01.1941 01.09.1941 Sunk after battle with allied destroyer and MGBs on 10.07.1943 near Quessant.
M154 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 03.05.1941 01.11.1941 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1946 as T-911 . Scrapped 1958.
M155 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 19.07.1941 27.01.1942 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-924 , on 02.08.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 01.09.1955 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, and reclassified as target ship, on 17.10.1955 renamed as ZL-66 . On 29.10.1956 re-formed as a Brandwache, on 04.12.1956 renamed as BRN-31 . On 09.10.1957 reclassified as a floating barrack, on 28.01.1958  renamed as PKZ-132 . On 21.06.1979 removed from the Navy lists, on 27.03.1980 transfered for scrapping and disbanded.
M156 Oderwerke Stettin, 1940 04.10.1941 28.04.1942 Beached after battle with allied destroyers on 05.02.1944. Sunk after air attack on 06.02.1944.
M201 AG Neptun Rostock, 1940 18.05.1940 20.12.1940 Taken over by Britain, scrapped 1948.
M202 AG Neptun Rostock, 1940 29.09.1940 03.04.1941 Taken over by the USa after the war, given to France as Craonne . Scrapped 1951.
M203 AG Neptun Rostock, 1940 29.09.1940 03.06.1941 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-919 , on 02.08.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 08.01.1953 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, and reclassified as rescue ship, on 25.02.1953 renamed as Laila . On 01.06.1961 removed from the Navy lists, on 01.12.1961 transfered for scrapping and disbanded.
M204 AG Neptun Rostock, 1940 21.12.1940 24.08.1941 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-916 , on 02.08.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 26.08.1952 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, and reclassified as sonar control station, on 19.09.1952 renamed as Barograf . On 07.07.1956 removed from the Navy lists and transfered for scrapping.
M205 AG Neptun Rostock, 1940 03.05.1941 04.11.1941 Taken over by the USA after the war. Given to France as Belfort in 1947. Sold to Germany in 1957 as Biene . Decommissioned in 1963, Scrapped 1974.
M206 AG Neptun Rostock, 1940 05.05.1941 21.12.1941 Sunk after air attack on 06.08.1944.
M251 Deutsche Weft Hamburg, 1940 12.07.1940 10.12.1940 Taken over by the USA after the war. Given to France as Péronne in 1947. Scrapped 1951.
M252 Deutsche Weft Hamburg, 1940 27.09.1940 15.02.1941 Taken over by the USA after the war. Given to France as Ancre in 1947. Decommissioned 1960.
M253 Deutsche Weft Hamburg, 1940 23.11.1940 21.04.1941 Taken over by the USA after the war. Given to France as Vimy in 1947. Sold to Germany in 1957 as Bremse . Decommissioned in 1963, Scrapped 1976.
M254 Deutsche Weft Hamburg, 1940 17.02.1941 16.06.1941 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 03.02.1946 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-917 , on 02.08.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 08.12.1954 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, and reclassified as experimental ship, on 12.01.1955 renamed as Nerpa . On 26.10.1957 re-formed to a heating ship, on 26.11.1957 renamed as OT-44 . In 1958 removed from the Navy vessels lists and scrapped in Novorossijsk.
M255 Deutsche Weft Hamburg, 1940 01.04.1941 11.10.1941 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 15.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-922 , on 02.08.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 14.08.1946 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, reclassified as experimental ship and transfered to the Scientifical-Research Mine and Torpedo Weapon Institution of the Navy, on 07.10.1947 renamed as Ispytatel . On 31.01.1958 removed from the Navy lists and transfered for scrapping.
M256 Deutsche Weft Hamburg, 1940 31.05.1941 19.01.1942 Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945. Added into Soviet Navy lists on 05.11.1945, on 29.11.1945 taken by a Soviet crew, on 13.05.1946 renamed as T-923 , on 02.08.1946, when arrived to Sevastopol, included into the Black Sea Fleet. On 18.11.1954 put out of the combat fleet, disarmed, and reclassified as rescue ship, on 12.01.1955 renamed as Beshtau . On 11.03.1958 reclassified as a floating barrack, on 18.03.1958 renamed as PKZ-143 . On 21.09.1959 removed from the Navy lists, on 19.10.1959 transfered for scrapping and disbanded.

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