Dimensions
- Size
- 1870 t
- Length
- 76,50 m
- Beam
- 13,70 m
- Draft
- 4,00 m
76,50 mOverall length
1870 tDisplacement
15 knMaximum speed
120Mine capacity
Design and service
The story of Drache
The Yugoslavian tender Zmaj was built in Germany in 1929. It was captured by German troops in Split on 17.04.1941. First commissioned as aircraft recovery vessel Drache in 1941. After being used as troop transport later that year, the ship was modified into a minelayer and put into service in November 1942. In January and February 1943 it was equipped with an on-board helicopter. On 22.09.1944 it was attacked by allied aircraft at Samos and exploded 2 hours after the attack.
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament and performance.
Armament
- 8.8 cm guns
- 2
- 3.7 cm guns
- 5
- 2 cm guns
- 13
- Mines
- 120
- Configuration
- 1944
Performance
- Machinery and speed
- 3260 shp, 15 kn
The archive
Models
Ship models in 1/1250 scale.
Construction record
Drache
- Laid down
- Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg, 1929
- Launched
- 22.06.1929
- Commissioned
- 1930 (1941 in German services)
- Fate
- exploded 22.09.1944