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(Minensuchboote 1915, 1916)
Most of these boats were used as tenders and training ships in the 1930s. However, because of the short number of modern minesweepers at the outbreak of the war, the old minesweepers were again fitted to operate in their original role. In October 1940, the first digit of their former pennant was replaced with a "5" in order to differenciate them from the modern 1935 boats. Thus, M108 became M508, M109 became M509, and so on.
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: Standard 515 mt, full load 690 mt.
Dimensions: Waterline length 56.1 m, overall length 59 m, beam 8.25 m, maximum draft 2.5 m, depth: 3.5 m.
Armament: 2 x 10.5cm/L45, up to 6 x 2cm.
Propulsion plant: 2 Marine boilers, 2 expansion engines, 1,850 hp.
Speed: 15-16 knots.
Endurance: 2,000 nm at 14 knots.
Coal capacity: 130 mt.
Crew: 60.
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commd. | Fate |
| M28 (redesignated M528) |
A. G. Neptun Rostock |
06.06.1916 | 24.06.1916 | To Britain 1945 |
| M50 (redesignated M550) |
G. Seebeck, Geestemünde |
19.08.1916 | 19.09.1916 26.11.1937 as TS |
Sunk in English Channel 15.06.1944 |
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commd. | Fate |
| M60 (redesignated M560) |
G. Seebeck, Geestemünde |
28.11.1917 | 15.01.1918 29.08.1938 as FT |
To USSR 1945 |
| M61 | G. Seebeck, Geestemünde |
13.04.1918 | 20.04.1918 | Mined off Hook of Holland 26.07.1940 |
| M66 (redesignated M566) |
Tecklenborg, Geestemünde | 02.06.1917 | 01.07.1917 | GMSA until 1947 |
| M72 (redesignated M572) |
Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremen |
20.02.1918 | 24.04.1918 | GMSA 1945 |
| M75 (redesignated M575) |
Tecklenborg, Geestemünde | 21.07.1917 | 16.08.1917 | Sunk in Øresund 02.03.1945 |
| M81 (redesignated M581) |
G. Seebeck, Geestemünde |
08.09.1919 | 13.10.1919 | GMSA 1945 |
| M82 (redesignated M582) |
G. Seebeck, Geestemünde |
08.09.1919 | 08.11.1919 1938 as FT |
To USA 1945 |
| M84 (redesignated M584) |
Atlaswerke, Bremen | 10.10.1917 | 16.12.1917 | Sunk in Kattegat 30.11.1944 |
| M85 | Nordseewerke, Emden | 10.04.1918 | 03.08.1918 | Mined 3 nm east of Heisternest, Danzig Bay 01.10.1939 |
| M89 | J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
11.12.1917 | 01.01.1918 | Mined off Hook of Holland 26.07.1940 |
| M98 (redesignated M598) |
J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
16.04.1918 | 07.05.1918 | GMSA 1945 |
| M102 (redesignated M502) |
Atlaswerke, Bremen | 31.05.1918 | 24.07.1918 | GMSA 1945 |
| M104 (redesignated M504) |
A. G. Neptun Rostock |
27.04.1918 | 29.06.1818 | Bombed in Kiel 09.04.1945 |
| M107 (redesignated M507) |
J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
03.07.1918 | 30.07.1918 15.04.1939 as TS |
Bombed in Boulogne 15.06.1944 |
| M108 (redesignated M508) |
Tecklenborg, Geestemünde | 17.07.1918 | 10.08.1918 | To USA 1945 |
| M109 (redesignated M509) |
J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
07.08.1918 | 29.08.1918 | GMSA 1945 |
| M110 (redesignated M510) |
J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
27.08.1918 | 19.09.1918 | GMSA 1945 |
| M111 (redesignated M511) |
J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
17.09.1918 | 11.10.1918 | Mined off Kolberg 03.11.1941 |
| M113 (redesignated M513) |
H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
27.05.1919 | 28.04.1920 08.10.1936 as UT |
To USA 1945 |
| M115 (redesignated M515) |
Atlaswerke, Bremen | 12.07.1918 | 19.09.1918 | Mined 22.05.1944 |
| M117 (redesignated M517) |
Atlaswerke, Bremen | 20.09.1918 | 1919 | GMSA 1945 |
| M122 (redesignated M520) |
A. G. Neptun Rostock |
21.09.1918 | 27.02.1919 | GMSA 1945 |
| M126 (redesignated M526) |
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg |
21.12.1918 | 01.07.1919 | GMSA 1945 |
| M129 (redesignated M529) |
Reiherstieg, Hamburg | 15.01.1919 | 20.05.1919 | Mined off Kolberg 02.12.1941 |
| M130 (redesignated M530) |
Reiherstieg, Hamburg | 13.12.1919 | 29.07.1919 | To USSR 1945 |
| M132 | Reiherstieg, Hamburg | 14.01.1919 | 14.11.1919 | Sunk in Lister Ley 13.11.1939 |
| M133 (redesignated M533) |
Frerichs & Co., Einswarden |
1919 | 05.12.1919 24.08.1939 as TS |
Sunk in English Channel 09.05.1942 |
| M134 (redesignated M534) |
Frerichs & Co., Einswarden |
28.07.1919 | 12.03.1920 | GMSA 1945 |
| M135 (redesignated M535) |
Frerichs & Co., Einswarden |
15.03.1919 | 31.10.1919 02.01.1939 as FT |
To USSR 1945 |
| M136 | Frerichs & Co., Einswarden |
1919 | 29.08.1938 | Mined off Hook of Holland 26.07.1940 |
| M138 (redesignated M538) |
J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
17.02.1919 | 21.03.1919 05.03.1936 as TS |
Bombed off Königsberg 1944 |
| M145 (redesignated M545) |
A. G. Neptun Rostock |
22.05.1919 | 20.06.1919 | GMSA 1945 |
| M146 (redesignated M546) |
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg |
21.12.1918 | 11.08.1919 | Bombed in Boulogne 15.06.1944 |
| M157 (redesignated M557) |
Nordseewerke, Emden | 09.04.1919 | 08.12.1919 | Mined off Rügen 27.12.1941 |
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