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Drache

Minenleger 1929 - 1944  

   Ship Info   1:1250 Model 

Drache 1943

Laid down as Yugoslavian tender Zmaj.


Contruction Data

Laid down:     Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg, 1929
Launched:     22.06.1929
Commissioned:     1930 (1941 in German services)
Fate:     exploded 22.09.1944
Costs:     

Technical Data

Size:     1870 t
Length:     76,50 m
Beam:     13,70 m
Draft:     4,00 m
Armament:     2 x 8,8 cm; 5 x 3,7 cm; 13 x 2 cm; 120 Mines (all 1944)
Performance:     3260 shp, 15 kn

History

The Yugoslavian tender Zmaj was build 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. 


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