Minesweepers 

[ Home ] [ Up ] [ Battleships ] [ Cruisers ] [ U-Boats ] [ German Destroyers ] [ German Frigates ] [ Zeppelin Airship ] [ Torpedo Boats ] [ Minesweepers ] [ Unidentified Ships ] [ German Auxiliary Ships ] [ Commerce Raider ] [ Other German Photos ]

 

Google

 

Web

www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk

Choose the navy or section of interest below:
Royal Navy United States Germany France Japan Italy Russia Austria-Hungary
Canada Spain Netherlands Argentina Brazil Portugal Turkey Australia
Norway Sweden Denmark Belgium Chile Uruguay China New Zealand
Malta Greece India Poland South Africa Pakistan Libya Kuwait
Ireland Other Navies Liners   Unidentified Ships Wartime Naval Losses

Minesweepers
Ships Name Launch Date Fate

M 1 Class

Displacement 425t.  Speed 16.2kts  Armament One 8.8cm KL/30,  One 37mm KL/30,  Thirty mines.  Complement 40.
M 1 1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 2  1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 3  1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 4  1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 5  1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 6  1915 Mined in the North Sea
M 7  1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 8  1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 9  1915 Mined in the North Sea
M 10 1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 11 1915 Mined in the North Sea
M 12 1915 Mined in the North Sea
M 13 1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 14 1915 Mined in the North Sea
M 15 1915 Mined in the North Sea
M 16 1915 Sunk by a British Submarine
M 17 1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 18 1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 19 1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 20  1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 21 1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 22 1915 Mined in the North Sea
M 23 1915 Mined in the North Sea
M 24 1915 Mined in the North Sea
M 25 1915 Sold for Scrap early 1920's
M 26 1915 Mined in the North Sea

M 27 Class

Displacement 480t.  Speed 16.5kts  Armament Two 10.5cm KL/45,  Thirty mines.  Complement 40.
M 27 1916 Sunk in a collision
M 28 1916 Renumbered M 528 and later named Pelikan
M 29 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 30 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 31 1916 Mined
M 32 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 33 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 34 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 35  1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 36  1916 Mined
M 37 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 38 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 39 1916 Mined 
M 40 1916 Mined
M 41 1916 Mined
M 42 1916 Converted to a merchant ship and sold to France.  Seized by the Kriegsmarine in 1944.  Converted to mining vessel Nymphe.
M 43 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 44 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 45 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 46 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 47 1916 Mined
M 48 1916 Sold to Argentina as M 1.  Stricken 1937
M 49 1916 Mined
M 50 1916 Served as R-Boat tender Brommy, Sunk 15th June 1944
M 51 1916 Sold to Argentina as M 2.  Stricken 1937
M 52 1916 Sold to Argentina as M 3. Stricken 1937
M 53 1916 Sold to Argentina as M 4.  Stricken 1937
M 54 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22
M 55 1916 Wrecked
M 56 1916 Sold for scrap 1921 - 22

M 57 Class

Displacement 500t.  Speed 16kts  Armament Two 10.5cm SKL/45,  Thirty mines.  Complement 40.
M 57 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 58 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 59 1916 - 17 Became Lithuanian presidential yacht
M 60 1916 - 17 Became Trials Ship Hecht 29th August 1938, then R-boat tender Hille 1939, and then M 560 in 1940
M 61 1916 - 17 Mined 26th July 1940
M 62 1916 - 17 Mined
M 63 1916 - 17 Mined
M 64 1916 - 17 Mined
M 65 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 66 1916 - 17 Became Trials ship Stortebecker 26th November 1937, then M 566 in 1940
M 67 1916 - 17 Mined
M 68 1916 - 17 Became the Latvian Virsatis
M 69 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 70 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 71 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 72 1916 - 17 Became M 572 in 1940
M 73 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 74 1916 - 17 Sold to Argentina as M 5, Stricken 1937
M 75 1916 - 17 Became M 575 in 1940.  Capsized 2nd March 1945
M 76 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 77 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 78 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 79  1916 - 17 Sold to Argentina as M 6, Stricken 1937
M 80  1916 - 17 Sold to Argentina as M 7, Stricken 1937
M 81 1916 - 17 Became Trials ship Nautilus 11th March 1929, then M 581 in 1940.
M 82 1916 - 17 Became tender Jagt 11th March 1929, then M 582 in 1940.
M 83  1916 - 17 Mined
M 84 1916 - 17 Became M 584 in 1940, Sunk 30th November 1944.
M 85 1916 - 17 Mined 1st October 1939
M 86 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 87 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 88 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 89 1916 - 17 Mined 26th July 1940
M 90 1916 - 17 Sold to Argentina as M 8, Stricken 1937
M 91 1916 - 17 Mined
M 92 1916 - 17 Mined
M 93 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 94  1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 95 1916 - 17 Mined
M 96 1916 - 17 Became hospital ship 1921, Capsized 15th March 1922.
M 97  1916 - 17 Sold to Yugoslavia as Minelayer.  Renamed Orao.
M 98 1916 - 17 Became M 598 in 1940
M 99 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 100 1916 - 17 Sold to Yugoslavia as Minelayer.  renamed Galeb 
M 101  1916 - 17 Sold to Argentina as M 9,  Stricken 1937
M 102 1916 - 17 Became M 502 in 1940.
M 103 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 104 1916 - 17 Became M 504 in 1940.  Sunk 9th April 1945
M 105 1916 - 17 Sold to Argentina as M 10.  Stricken in 1937
M 106 1916 - 17 Sold to Yugoslavia as Minelayer.  Renamed Gavran
M 107 1916 - 17 Became R-boat tender Von der Groeben in 1939,  then M 507 in 1940.  Sunk 15th June 1944
M 108 1916 - 17 Became Gunnery Training Ship Delphin 2nd June 1928; then M 508 in 1940. To USSR in 1945
M 109 1916 - 17 Became Trials ship Johann Wittenberg 29th August 1938, then Sundewall 2nd December 1938 and M 509 in 1940.
M 110 1916 - 17 Became M 510 in 1940.
M 111 1916 - 17 Became M 511 in 1940.  Mined 3rd November 1941.
M 112 1916 - 17 Sold to Yugoslavia as Minelayer.  Renamed Jastreb.
M 113 1916 - 17 Became U-boat tender Acheron 20th June 1936, then M 513 in 1940.  
M 114 1916 - 17 Sold to Yugoslavia as Minelayer.  Renamed Sokol
M 115 1916 - 17 Became Trials ship Arkona 1st October 1935, then M 515 in 1940.  Mined 22nd May 1944.
M 116 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 117 1916 - 17 Became M 517 in 1940.  
M 118 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 119 1916 - 17 Sold to Italy, renamed Meteo.
M 120 1916 - 17 Sold to Italy, renamed Abastro.
M 121 1916 - 17 Sold to Yugoslavia as Minelayer.  Renamed Kobac.
M 122 1916 - 17 Became M 522 in 1940.  Bombed 20th March 1945.
M 123 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 124 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 125 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 126 1916 - 17 Became R-boat tender Alders in 1939, then M 526 in 1940
M 129 1916 - 17 Became Trials ship Otto Braun 29th August 1938, then M529 in 1940.  Mined 2nd December 1941
M 130 1916 - 17 Became AA TS Fuchs 12th May 1928, then M 530 in 1940.  
M 131 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 132 1916 - 17 Sunk 13th November 1939

German Minesweeper M132 of the M57 Class.

A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  © Walker Archive. Order Code  PGD031
M 133 1916 - 17 Became tender Wacht 11th March 1928; then R-boat tender Raule 24th August 1939, then M 533 in 1940.  Collision 9th May 1942.
M 134 1916 - 17 Became tender Frauenlob 11th March 1928, then R-boat tender Jungingen in 1938, then M 534 in 1940.
M 135 1916 - 17 Became tender Hela 5th February 1923, then Gazelle 2nd January 1939, then M 535 in 1940.  To USSR 1945.
M 136 1916 - 17 Became U-boat tender Havel 29th August 1938.  Mined 26th July 1940.
M 137 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 138 1916 - 17 Became Fishery Protection vessel Zieten in 1923, then R-boat tender Nettelbeck 2nd May 1939, then M 538 in 1940.  Ran aground 26th January 1945.
M 139 1916 - 17 Sold to Colombia as guard vessel, renamed Bogota.
M 140 1916 - 17 Sold to Colombia as guard vessel, renamed Cordova.
M 144 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 145 1916 - 17 Became M 545 in 1940
M 146  1916 - 17 Became tender Taku 26th August 1933, then R-boat tender Von der Lippe in 1939, then M 546 in 1940.  Bombed 17th June 1944
M 147 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 150 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 151 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 152 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22
M 157 1916 - 17 Became M 557 in 1940.  Foundered 23rd December 1941.
M 158 1916 - 17 Sold for Breaking Up 1921 - 22

FM Type Coastal Minesweepers

Displacement 170t.  Speed 14kts  Armament One 8.8cm KL/30.  Complement 35.
FM 1 1918 - 19 Sold after the war ,converted to riverine vessel
FM 2 1918 - 19 Sold to Poland, renamed Jaskolka, condemned c.1935
FM 3 - FM 15 1918 - 19 Sold after the war, converted to riverine vessels
FM 16 1918 - 19 Became Albanian gunboat Sqipnia, condemned c.1935
FM 17 - FM 18 1918 - 19 Sold after the war, converted to riverine vessels
FM 19 1918 - 19 Became Portuguese fishery protection vessel Raoul Cascaes, condemned 1936.
FM 20 - FM 22 1918 - 19 Sold after the war, converted to riverine vessels
FM 23 1918 - 19 Became Albanian gunboat Sqenderbeg, condemned c.1935
FM 24 1918 - 19 Became Persian gunboat Fatiya, renamed Pahlavi, then Shanin, scrapped 1941.
FM 25 - FM 26 1918 - 19 Sold after the war, converted to riverine vessels
FM 27 1918 - 19 Sold to Poland, renamed Czaika, condemned c.1935
FM 28 1918 - 19 Sold to Poland, renamed Rybita, condemned c.1935
FM 29 - FM 30 1918 - 19 Sold after the war, converted to riverine vessels
FM 31 1918 - 19 Sold to Poland, renamed Mewa, condemned c.1935
FM 32 - FM 66 1918 - 19 Sold after the war, converted to riverine vessels

F Type Coastal Minesweepers

Displacement 18t.  Speed 10 / 11kts  Armament One MG.  Complement 7.
F 1 - F 15, F 19, F 21 - F 29, F31 - F 32, F 34, F37 - F 39, F 41 - F 47, F 49 - F 55, F 58 - F 75. 1915 - 18 Sold after the war to serve mainly as river police launches, as well as other harbour and river roles.  One was lost to a mine exploson. 
F 16 - f 18, F 20, F 33, F 35 - F 36, F 40, F 48, F 56 - F 57. 1915 - 18 became Belgian V 1 - V 12

F Type German Minesweepers.  Submitted by email.

ORIGINAL POSTCARD FOR SALE.  DONATED TOWARDS THE UPKEEP OF THIS SITE.

F Type Minesweeper F42

Original  Postcard. Publisher Details Unknown. Price £10.  Click here to order.    Order Code 

1935 / 39 (Mob) Type

Displacement 682t.  Speed 18.3kts  Armament Two 105mm/45 C32 (2 x 1), Two 37mm/83 (2 x 1), Two 20mm C30.  Complement 95 - 113.
M 1 - M 39, M 81 - M 85, M 101 - M 104, M 131 - M 133, M 151 - M 156, M 201 - M 206, M 251 - M 256. 1937 - 41 Mostly to German Minesweeping Association, then sold.

M 8, 1935 / 39 Mob Type Minesweeper

1940  Type

Displacement 543t.  Speed 16.8kts  Armament One 105mm/45 C32, One 37mm/83 C30, Seven 20mm C38 (1 x 4, 3 x 1).  Complement 68- 80.
M261 - M 267, M 271 - M279, M291 - M294, M301 - M08, M321 - M330, M341, M348, M361 - M378, M381 - M389, M401 - M408, M411 - M416, M421 - M428, M431 - M438, M441 - M446, M451 - M456, M459 - M463, M467 - M471, M475 - M476, M483 - M484, M486, M489, M495 - M496 1941 - 44 Mostly to German Minesweeping Association, then sold.

M-Class, 1936.

A large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available.  Reproduced from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright holder.  A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price £25.   Order photograph here   Order Code  XMP5601

Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size).  Price £5 Click here to order.  Order Code  MP5601

1943  Type

Displacement 582t.  Speed 16.7kts  Armament Two 105mm/45 Flak L44 (2 x 1), Two 37mm/83 M42 (2 x 1), Eight 20mm C38 (1 x 4, 2 x 2), One 73mm Fohn rocket projector.  Complement 107.
M601 - M612, M801 - M806 1944 - 45 Mostly to German Minesweeping Association, then sold.

Ex - 1940 and 1943 Type
M187 Seehund (ex - M388) Acquired 17th July 1956 Sold for breaking 7th September 1973
M188 Seeigel (ex - M460) Acquired 30th August 1956 Became Torpedoklarmachstelle II, sold 4th May 1973.
M189 Seelowe (ex - M441) Acquired 17th July 1956 Broken up 1969
M190 Seepferd (ex - M294) Acquired 30th August 1956 Broken up 1966
M191 Seeschlange (ex - M611) Acquired 15th August 1956 Broken up 1967
M192 Seestern (ex - M278) Acquired 15th August 1956 Broken up 1966

Lindau Class   VIEW CLASS
M1070 Gottingen 1st April 1957 Became minehunter 19th January 1979. Mo longer in service
M1071 Koblenz 6th May 1957 Became minehunter 21st June 1978.  No longer in service.
M1072 Lindau 16th February 1957 Became minehunter 10th February 1978. No longer in service.
M1073 Schleswig 2nd October 1957 No longer in service
M1074 Tubingen 12th August 1957 Became minehunter 20th March 1978.  No longer in service
M1075 Wetzlar 24th June 1957 Became minehunter 6th October 1978.  Decommissioned 30th June 1995.
M1076 Weilheim 5th December 1958 Became minehunter 17th November 1978. Decommissioned 15th June 1995.
M1077 Paderborn 4th February 1957 No longer in service.
M1078 Cuxhaven 11th March 1958 Became minehunter 6th June 1979. No longer in service.
M1079 Duren 12th June 1958 No longer in service.
M1080 Marburg 4th August 1958 Became minehunter 28th June 1979. No longer in service.
M1081 Konstanz 30th August 1958