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MINESWEEPERS 40
(Minensuchboote 40)

Minesweeper 40
1940 type minesweeper.

The 1940 type minesweepers reverted to coal-firing due to oil shortage in the German Navy particularly after the invasion of the Soviet Union. The ships of this class were slightly smaller than their predecessors displacing a maximum of just over 770 tons. Twelve of them were fitted with two single torpedo tubes on the forecastle deck for training purposes. They were also less expensive and a total of 131 units were commissioned.

TECHNICAL DATA

Displacement: Standard 640 mt, full load 775 mt.

Dimensions: Waterline length 57.6 m, overall length 62.3 m, beam 8.9 m, maximum draft 2.65 m.

Armament: 1 x 10.5cm/L45, 1 x 3.7cm/L83, up to 6 x 2cm.

Propulsion plant: 2 Marine boilers, 2 expansion engines, 2,400 hp.

Speed: 17 knots.

Endurance: 4,000 nm at 10 knots.

Coal capacity: 162 mt.

Crew: 74.

M-boats 40
Name Builder Launched Commd. Fate
M261 Atlas Werke, Bremen 10.04.1942 10.09.1942 To Britain 1945
M262 Atlas Werke, Bremen 25.06.1942 30.12.1942 Scuttled 25.08.1944
M263 Atlas Werke, Bremen 17.12.1942 18.05.1943 Sunk 06.08.1944
M264 Atlas Werke, Bremen 19.05.1943 21.09.1943 Sunk 18.07.1944
M265 Atlas Werke, Bremen 21.09.1943 15.01.1944 To USSR 1945
M266 Atlas Werke, Bremen 18.03.1944 15.08.1944 Sunk 11.03.1945
M267 Atlas Werke, Bremen 13.06.1944 08.03.1945 To USSR 1945
M268-270 - - - Canceled
M271 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 08.07.1942 30.01.1943 Bombed in Pauillac
Gironde estuary 05.08.1944
M272 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 16.09.1942 26.03.1943 Bombed in Gironde estuary 22.08.1944
Raised. To Britain 1945
To Norway 1947
M273 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 1943 15.05.1943 Sunk 12.01.1945
M274 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 1943 12.06.1943 Scuttled 04.09.1944
M275 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 25.05.1943 04.09.1943 To Britain 1945
M276 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 17.08.1943 30.10.1943 Scuttled 04.09.1944
M277 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 25.11.1943 05.02.1944 To Britain 1945
M278 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 25.01.1944 20.04.1944 To USA 1945
M279 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 04.07.1944 21.10.1944 To USSR 1945
M280 Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven 1944 - Scrapped 1945
M281-290 - - - Canceled
M291 Lindenau, Memel 27.03.1943 05.08.1943 To USSR 1945
M292 Lindenau, Memel 19.06.1943 24.11.1943 Bombed 21.08.1944
M293 Lindenau, Memel 1943 26.04.1944 Sunk in Kattegat 02.05.1945
M294 Lindenau, Memel 04.03.1944 28.08.1944 To USA 1945
M295 Lindenau, Memel 1944 - Scuttled incomplete 1945
M296 Lindenau, Memel 1944 - Destroyed 23.03.1945
M297 Lindenau, Memel 1944 - Scuttled 1945
M298-300 - - - Canceled
M301 Unterweser, Bremerhaven 09.04.1941 11.10.1941 Sunk 04.05.1945
M302 Unterweser, Bremerhaven 26.07.1941 18.04.1942 To Britain 1945
M303 Unterweser, Bremerhaven 29.12.1941 05.09.1942 Torpedoed near Kiberg
11.10.1944
M304 Unterweser, Bremerhaven 30.04.1942 17.11.1942 Scuttled 25.08.1944
M305 Unterweser, Bremerhaven 20.10.1942 15.02.1943 Foundered 17.01.1945
M306 Unterweser, Bremerhaven 19.12.1942 04.05.1943 To Britain 1945
M307 Unterweser, Bremerhaven 16.06.1943 11.10.1943 Sunk 21.07.1944
M308-320 - - - Canceled
M321 Oderwerke, Stettin 29.03.1941 19.09.1941 To Britain 1945
M322 Oderwerke, Stettin 31.05.1941 06.12.1941 To Britain 1945
M323 Oderwerke, Stettin 09.08.1941 11.06.1942 To Britain 1945
M324 Oderwerke, Stettin 20.09.1941 28.11.1942 To USSR 1945
M325 Oderwerke, Stettin 31.10.1942 18.05.1943 Bombed in Pauillac
Gironde estuary 05.08.1944
M326 Oderwerke, Stettin 30.01.1943 23.10.1943 To Britain 1945
M327 Oderwerke, Stettin 12.06.1943 04.03.1944 To Britain 1945
M328 Oderwerke, Stettin 12.06.1943 18.08.1943 To USA 1945
M329 Lübecker Maschinenbau 27.05.1943 24.03.1944 Sunk 30.03.1945
M330 Lübecker Maschinenbau 07.02.1944 21.10.1944 To USSR 1945
M331-340 - - - Canceled
M341 Neptun Werft, Rostock 10.06.1941 19.04.1942 To USSR 1945
M342 Neptun Werft, Rostock 11.06.1941 07.06.1942 To USSR 1945
M343 Neptun Werft, Rostock 06.12.1941 20.09.1942 Sunk in English Channel
14.06.1944
M344 Neptun Werft, Rostock 13.12.1941 14.12.1942 Sunk 23.08.1944
M345 Neptun Werft, Rostock 27.06.1942 24.01.1943 Sunk 18.05.1943
M346 Neptun Werft, Rostock 27.06.1942 18.04.1943 Torpedoed in Northern waters
17.07.1943
M347 Neptun Werft, Rostock 07.11.1942 04.07.1943 Torpedoed in North Sea
25.08.1944
M348 Neptun Werft, Rostock 07.11.1942 19.09.1943 To USSR 1945
M349-360 - - - Canceled
M361 Schichau, Königsberg 05.03.1941 24.07.1942 To Britain 1945
M362 Schichau, Königsberg 01.04.1941 26.10.1942 To Britain 1945
M363 Schichau, Königsberg 31.05.1941 05.01.1943 Sunk 25.08.1944
M364 Schichau, Königsberg 09.08.1941 04.03.1943 To Britain 1945
M365 Schichau, Königsberg 25.07.1942 20.04.1943 To Britain 1945
M366 Schichau, Königsberg 05.09.1942 11.06.1943 Bombed off Noirmoutier
08.08.1944
M367 Schichau, Königsberg 23.12.1942 05.07.1943 Bombed off Noirmoutier
08.08.1944
M368 Schichau, Königsberg 15.02.1943 14.08.1943 Collision with U-2328
15.04.1945
M369 Schichau, Königsberg 18.06.1943 21.09.1943 To USSR 1945
M370 Schichau, Königsberg 17.07.1943 03.11.1943 Bombed 12.08.1944
M371 Schichau, Königsberg 31.07.1943 15.12.1943 To USA 1945
M372 Schichau, Königsberg 25.09.1943 02.02.1944 Sunk 12.05.1944
M373 Schichau, Königsberg 30.11.1943 15.05.1944 To USA 1945
M374 Schichau, Königsberg 18.12.1943 27.06.1944 To USA 1945
M375 Schichau, Königsberg 10.03.1944 25.07.1944 To USA 1945
M376 Schichau, Königsberg 19.04.1944 23.08.1944 Bombed 11.04.1945
M377 Schichau, Königsberg 27.06.1944 27.10.1944 To USSR 1945
M378 Schichau, Königsberg ??.??.1944 - Scrapped 01.04.1945
M379 Schichau, Königsberg - - Destroyed on slip 1945
M380 Schichau, Königsberg - - Destroyed on slip 1945
M381 Elsflether Werft 15.02.1941 09.08.1941 Torpedoed 12.02.1945
M382 Elsflether Werft 28.06.1941 20.12.1941 Sunk 31.01.1945
M383 Elsflether Werft 22.11.1941 20.06.1942 Sunk in North Sea
13.08.1944
M384 Elsflether Werft 12.09.1942 19.12.1942 Scuttled in Saint Nazaire
11.08.1944
M385 Elsflether Werft ??.??.1943 17.05.1943 Beached in Atlantic Coast
15.08.1944
M386 Elsflether Werft 01.07.1943 09.10.1943 To USSR 1945
M387 Elsflether Werft ??.??.1943 11.02.1944 Scuttled 02.05.1945
M388 Elsflether Werft 22.04.1944 22.07.1944 To USA 1945
M389 Elsflether Werft 22.07.1944 20.12.1944 To USA 1945
M390-400 - - - Canceled
M401 Rotterdamsche Droogdok
Maatschappij (RDM),
Rotterdam
04.04.1942 30.11.1942 To USSR 1945
M402 Rotterdamsche Droogdok
Maatschappij (RDM),
Rotterdam
04.04.1942 03.01.1943 Bombed in Boulogne
16.06.1944
M403 Rotterdamsche Droogdok
Maatschappij (RDM),
Rotterdam
15.09.1942 27.02.1943 Bombed 19.04.1945
M404 Rotterdamsche Droogdok
Maatschappij (RDM),
Rotterdam
14.10.1942 26.03.1943 To Britain 1945
M405 Rotterdamsche Droogdok
Maatschappij (RDM),
Rotterdam
14.11.1942 29.04.1943 To USSR 1945
M406 Rotterdamsche Droogdok
Maatschappij (RDM),
Rotterdam
30.12.1942 02.06.1943 To USSR 1945
M407 Rotterdamsche Droogdok
Maatschappij (RDM),
Rotterdam
15.02.1943 19.06.1943 To USSR 1945
M408 Rotterdamsche Droogdok
Maatschappij (RDM),
Rotterdam
25.03.1943 03.07.1943 To Britain 1945
M409-410 - - - Canceled
M411 De Schelde, Flushing 22.08.1942 29.10.1942 To USSR 1945
M412 De Schelde, Flushing 06.09.1942 09.12.1942 Blown up 09.03.1945
M413 De Schelde, Flushing 26.10.1942 13.01.1943 Bombed 21.07.1944
M414 De Schelde, Flushing 09.11.1942 07.02.1943 Torpedoed 17.05.1943
M415 De Schelde, Flushing 16.01.1943 15.03.1943 To USSR 1945
M416 De Schelde, Flushing 13.02.1943 07.04.1943 Sunk 12.11.1944
M417-420 - - - Canceled
M421 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam 29.11.1941 10.09.1942 Mined 13.02.1945
M422 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam 06.08.1942 28.10.1942 Bombed 04.08.1944
M423 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam 18.10.1942 29.11.1942 To USSR 1945
M424 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam 18.10.1942 22.12.1942 Bombed in Saint Malo
04.08.1944
M425 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam 18.10.1942 31.01.1943 To USSR 1945
M426 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam 18.10.1942 05.03.1943 Bombed 12.09.1944
M427 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam 18.10.1942 14.04.1943 Sunk 13.11.1944
M428 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam 18.10.1942 29.05.1943 Bombed off Noirmoutier
08.08.1944
M429-430 - - - Canceled
M431 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
07.03.1942 29.09.1942 To USSR 1945
M432 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
07.03.1942 27.10.1942 To Britain 1945
M433 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
11.04.1942 24.11.1942 Bombed off Kristiansund
27.10.1944
M434 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
11.04.1942 23.12.1942 To Britain 1945
M435 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
27.06.1942 08.02.1943 Bombed 14.05.1944
M436 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
27.06.1942 06.03.1943 To Britain 1945
M437 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
27.06.1942 28.04.1943 To USSR 1945
M438 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
27.06.1942 10.06.1943 Bombed off Noirmoutier
08.08.1944
M439-440 - - - Canceled
M441 P. Smit, Jr., Rotterdam 19.06.1942 26.11.1942 To USA 1945
M442 P. Smit, Jr., Rotterdam 17.08.1942 31.12.1942 To Britain 1945
M443 P. Smit, Jr., Rotterdam 15.09.1942 01.02.1944 To USSR 1945
M444 P. Smit, Jr., Rotterdam 30.11.1942 04.04.1943 Bombed 14.08.1944
M445 P. Smit, Jr., Rotterdam 12.12.1942 08.05.1943 Bombed 31.12.1944
M446 P. Smit, Jr., Rotterdam 03.02.1943 08.06.1943 To USSR 1945
M447-450 - - - Canceled
M451 Gusto Werft, Schiedam 24.12.1941 04.01.1943 Ran aground and sunk
north of Falada, 30.01.1944
M452 Gusto Werft, Schiedam 19.12.1942 07.02.1943 To Britain 1945
M453 Gusto Werft, Schiedam 15.12.1942 20.03.1943 To USA 1945
M454 Gusto Werft, Schiedam ??.??.1943 10.05.1943 To USA 1945
To France 1947
M455 Gusto Werft, Schiedam 07.12.1942 11.06.1943 Bombed 04.1945
M456 Gusto Werft, Schiedam 03.03.1943 02.07.1943 To USSR 1945
M457-458 - - - Canceled
M459 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
31.07.1942 07.12.1942 Bombed 10.04.1944
M460 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
31.07.1942 06.02.1943 To USA 1945
M461 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
24.10.1942 25.03.1943 To USSR 1945
M462 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
27.01.1943 07.05.1943 Bombed 12.09.1944
M463 Netherlands Dock & Sbdg.,
Amsterdam
17.02.1943 03.07.1943 Scuttled 25.08.1944
M464-466 - - - Canceled
M467 C. van der Giessen & Zonen,
Krimpen
09.01.1942 31.10.1942 To USSR 1945
M468 C. van der Giessen & Zonen,
Krimpen
09.07.1942 03.12.1942 Torpedoed in Norway
12.08.1944
M469 C. van der Giessen & Zonen,
Krimpen
09.07.1942 06.01.1943 Torpedoed 04.07.1944
M470 C. van der Giessen & Zonen,
Krimpen
21.10.1942 27.02.1943 To USSR 1945
M471 C. van der Giessen & Zonen,
Krimpen
21.10.1942 12.04.1943 Bombed off Dutch coast
25.09.1944
M472-474 - - - Canceled
M475 J. & K. Smit's Scheepswerven,
Kinderdijk
29.08.1942 23.12.1942 To Britain 1945
M476 J. & K. Smit's Scheepswerven,
Kinderdijk
03.10.1942 20.03.1943 To Britain 1945
M477-482 - - - Canceled
M483 Boele's, Slikkerveer 16.05.1942 01.12.1942 Bombed near Channel Islands
15.06.1943
M484 Boele's, Slikkerveer 25.08.1942 20.01.1943 To USSR 1945
M485 - - - Canceled
M486 Verschure, Amsterdam 16.05.1942 03.12.1942 Sunk 06.08.1944
M487-488 - - - Canceled
M489 L. Smit, Kinderdijk 28.08.1942 15.05.1944 Torpedoed 23.12.1944
M490-494 - - - Canceled
M495 N.V. Scheepsbouwerf
Gebroeders Pot, Bolnes
04.09.1942 11.03.1943 To USA 1945
M496 N.V. Scheepsbouwerf
Gebroeders Pot, Bolnes
12.01.1943 07.06.1943 To USSR 1945
M497-501 - - - Canceled



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