Scuttled on 29 August 1943 to prevent capture by German forces.
M/S Museet for Søfart, Elsinore, Denmark. Photo 41419. Source
Kvintus, minelayer, laid down by Navy Yard at Copenhagen, Denmark in 1916, launched on 16 February 1917 and completed in 1917, ex-Minekran Nr. V renamed 1933, salvaged by German forces, scuttled in 1945, after repairs commissioned in East German navy as the patrol annex training vessel Fürstenberg and broken up in 1973. Displacement 186 tons and as dimensions 27,0 x 6,3 x 2,00 metres. The machinery consisted of 2 Bergsund surface-ignition heavy oil motors-generators and 2 electric motors supplying via 2 haft 290hp allowing a maximum speed of 8 knots. Crew numbered 26 men. Armament consisted of 2x1-3,7cm cal 38 Bofors guns and 60 mines.
Sixtus, minelayer, laid down by Navy Yard at Copenhagen, Denmark in 1918, launched on 21 December 1918, completed in 1919, ex-Minekran VI renamed in 1933, salvaged by German forces, scuttled in 1945, after repairs commissioned in East German navy as the patrol annex training vessel Prenzlau and in 1973 handed over to the youth organisation and became the Freundschaft. Displacement 186 tons and as dimensions 27,0 x 6,3 x 2,00 metres. The machinery consisted of 2 Bergsund surface-ignition heavy oil motors-generators and 2 electric motors supplying via 2 haft 290hp allowing a maximum speed of 8 knots. Crew numbered 26 men. Armament consisted of 2x1-3,7cm cal 38 Bofors guns and 60 mines.
Søhunden, laid down as a torpedo boat of the Spreingeren-class at the Navy yard at Copenhagen, Denmark in 1916, launched on 6 January 1917, completed in 1971, became a minesweeper in 1929 and between 1941 and 1943 in service as the Varmebåd 3? Displacement 93 (standard)-109 (normal ) tons and as dimensions 38,5 x 4,25 x 2,74 metres. Machinery consisted of 1 vertical triple expansion steam engine and 2 boilers supplying via one shaft 2.000 hp allowing a speed of 24,6 knots and with a coal bunker capacity of 15 tons and a speed of 14 knots was her range 425 nautical miles. Crew numbered 24 men. Armament consisted of 2x1-5,7cm cal 40 guns and 2-45cm torpedo tubes.
