Dimensions
- Size (Max)
- 507-513 t
- Length (Total)
- 58,20 m
- Beam
- 7,30 m
- Draft
- 2,25 m
Design and service
The class
The first months of the war showed that the existing mine hunters of the German fleet were too lightly armed to protect themselves against allied destroyers or other smaller craft. Therefore, the next generation of German mine hunters - the Mboot 1915 class - showed an improvement of the armament, either being equipped with three 8,8 cm guns or even two 10,5 cm ones. In addition, the size and engine performance was slightly increased as well.
Like the other mine hunters, many boats were lost through mine hits during the war. Most of the surviving ships were scrapped in the early 1920s, only a few were sold to foreign countries and even fewer were rebuilt for other use and kept operational.
Construction records
Boats of the class
30 boats and their recorded construction details and fates.
30 boats
| Name | Construction | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M27 | Neptun, 1915 | 15.04.1916 | 31.05.1916 | Sunk after collision in the Baltic Sea with transport Paranagua on 11.08.1916. |
| M28 | Neptun, 1915 | 06.05.1916 | 24.06.1916 | Rebuilt as fleet tender in 1922. Scrapped in 1950s. |
| M29 | Neptun, 1915 | 27.05.1916 | 15.07.1916 | Sold in 1921, rebuild to be sold to foreign countries. Fate unknown. |
| M30 | Neptun, 1915 | 17.06.1916 | 04.08.1916 | Sold in 1921, rebuild to be sold to foreign countries. Fate unknown. |
| M31 | Seebeck Geestermünde, 1915 | 30.04.1916 | 06.06.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the Baltic Sea on 07.10.1917. |
| M32 | Seebeck Geestermünde, 1915 | 14.05.1916 | 29.06.1916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M33 | Seebeck Geestermünde, 1915 | 25.06.1916 | 20.07.1916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M34 | Seebeck Geestermünde, 1915 | 25.06.1916 | 10.08.1916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M35 | Tecklenburg, 1915 | 18.05.1916 | 18.06.1916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M36 | Tecklenburg, 1915 | 03.06.1916 | 16.07.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 23.03.1918. |
| M37 | Tecklenburg, 1915 | 24.06.1916 | 06.08.1916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M38 | Tecklenburg, 1915 | 13.07.1916 | 20.08.1916 | Used as floating barrack since 1922. Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1946, fate unknown. |
| M39 | Vulcan, 1916 | 27.05.1916 | 17.07.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 20.04.1918. |
| M40 | Vulcan, 1916 | 15.06.1916 | 10.08.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 23.03.1918. |
| M41 | Vulcan, 1916 | 10.08.1916 | 01.09.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 06.09.1918. |
| M42 | Vulcan, 1916 | 11.08.1916 | 22.09.1916 | Rebuilt as ferry Nymphe in 1923. Sold to France as La Nymphe in 1923. Used as Mine hunter AD 204 in 1939-40. Captured by German troops, used as mine layer in 1944. |
| M43 | Atlas, 1916 | 07.05.1916 | 28.06.1916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M44 | Atlas, 1916 | 04.06.1916 | 08.081916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M45 | Neptun Rostock, 1916 | 08.07.1916 | 27.08.1916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M46 | Neptun Rostock, 1916 | 19.08.1916 | 19.08.1916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M47 | Neptun Rostock, 1916 | 19.08.1916 | 07.10.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 08.06.1917. |
| M48 | Neptun Rostock, 1916 | 09.09.1916 | 28.10.1916 | Sold to Argentina in 1922 as mine hunter M1. Renamed Bathurst in 1936. Scrapped 1951. |
| M49 | Neptun Rostock, 1916 | 30.09.1916 | 27.08.1915 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 07.05.1917. |
| M50 | Seebeck, 1916 | 19.08.1916 | 19.09.1916 | Rebuilt as R-boat tender Brommy in 1937. Sunk during air attack on 15.06.1944. |
| M51 | Seebeck, 1916 | 10.09.1916 | 12.10.1916 | Sold to Argentina in 1922 as mine hunter M2. Renamed Fourner in 1936. Scrapped 1943. |
| M52 | Seebeck, 1916 | 22.11.1916 | 26.11.1916 | Sold to Argentina in 1922 as mine hunter M3. Renamed Jorge in 1936. Scrapped 1946. |
| M53 | Seebeck, 1916 | 22.11.1916 | 16.12.1916 | Sold to Argentina in 1922 as mine hunter M4. Renamed King in 1936. Scrapped 1948. |
| M54 | Vulcan, 1916 | 14.09.1916 | 14.10.1916 | Sold and scrapped in 1922. |
| M55 | Vulcan, 1916 | 07.10.1916 | 05.11.1916 | Beached in the North Sea on 19.11.1916. |
| M56 | Vulcan, 1916 | 04.11.1916 | 12.12.1916 | Sunk after mine hit in the North Sea on 09.02.1917. |
No matching boat was found.
At a glance
Technical profile
Principal dimensions, armament, machinery and performance.
Armament
- 10,5 cm L/45
- 2 (M27-M42)
- 8,8 cm L/30
- 3 (other ships)
- Mines
- 30
Machinery
- Shafts
- 2
- Engines
- 2
- Type
- 3-cyl triple expansion engine
Performance
- Total Performance
- 1800-1890 shp
- Speed
- 16,3-16,5 kn
- Range
- 2000 sm at 14 n
The archive
Models
Ship models in 1/1250 scale.
