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(Minensuchboote 35)
The design of the 1935 type minesweepers was based on the lines of the old World War I sweepers. These ships had a full load displacement of over 870 tons, were armed with two 10.5cm guns, and could reach speeds of up to 18 knots. They could also be fitted for minelaying and stow 30 mines. The hull was made of St 52 construction steel and divided into 12 watertight compartments. A double bottom covered 87% of the waterline length. M1 and M2 were fitted with Voith Schneider propellers, and the rest had two 3-bladed propellers of 1.75 m. diameter. The first nine minesweepers of this class were ordered on 22 November 1935, and overall, 69 units were commissioned between 1938 and 1943.
TECHNICAL DATA
Displacement: Standard 772 mt (785 mt from M25 onwards), full load 874 mt (878 mt from M25 onwards).
Dimensions: Waterline length 66 m, overall length 68.1 m, beam 8.7 m, maximum draft 2.65 m, height 3.75 m.
Armament:
Propulsion plant: 2 Wagner or La Mont boilers, 2 expansion engines, 3,500 hp.
Speed: 18.2 knots.
Endurance: 5,000 nm at 10 knots, 1,000 nm at 17 knots.
Fuel capacity: 143 mt.
Crew: 104.
| Name | Builder | Launched | Commd. | Fate |
| M1 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
05.03.1937 | 31.08.1938 | Bombed near Bergen 12.01.1945 |
| M2 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
20.05.1937 | 15.03.1939 | Sunk near Bergen 11.03.1945 |
| M3 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
28.09.1937 | 08.12.1938 | To USSR 1945 |
| M4 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
16.10.1937 | 08.11.1938 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 |
| M5 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
16.10.1937 | 10.01.1939 | Mined in Ramsøyfjord near Kristiansund 18.06.1940 |
| M6 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
08.01.1938 | 01.06.1939 | Mined off Lorient 23.10.1941 |
| M7 | Flender Werft, Lübeck |
29.09.1937 | 07.11.1939 | To USSR 1945 |
| M8 | Flender Werft, Lübeck |
29.09.1937 | 12.01.1939 | Torpedoed off Hook of Holland 14.05.1943 |
| M9 | Flender Werft, Lübeck |
16.11.1937 | 25.04.1939 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 |
| M10 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
09.08.1938 | 30.05.1939 | Sunk off Lorient 14.03.1944 |
| M11 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
23.08.1938 | 07.08.1939 | Mined off Stavanger, Norway southwest of Feistein 05.06.1940 |
| M12 | Flender Werft, Lübeck |
06.08.1938 | 18.08.1939 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 |
| M13 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
28.02.1939 | 07.09.1939 | Mined Gironde estuary 31.05.1944 |
| M14 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
25.04.1939 | 01.12.1939 | Mined 03.05.1945 |
| M15 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
04.09.1939 | 22.02.1940 | Bombed in Kiel 20.03.1945 |
| M16 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
15.11.1939 | 01.06.1940 | Bombed in Kotka, Finland 04.11.1943 Towed to Kiel and decommissioned Bombed 20.03.1945 |
| M17 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
29.07.1939 | 17.01.1940 | To USSR 1945 |
| M18 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
16.09.1939 | 19.03.1940 | Bombed Gulf of Finland 04.11.1943 Towed to Kiel, blown up 05.1945 |
| M19 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
28.10.1939 | 08.05.1940 | Bombed in Kiel 09.04.1945 |
| M20 | Flender Werft, Lübeck |
16.06.1939 | 11.12.1939 | Bombed in Narva Bay 21.07.1944 |
| M21 | Flender Werft, Lübeck |
06.09.1939 | 18.04.1940 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 |
| M22 | Flender Werft, Lübeck |
20.03.1940 | 30.07.1940 | Scuttled 07.05.1945 |
| M23 | Flender Werft, Lübeck |
11.07.1940 | 26.10.1940 | Mined off Tallin 11.07.1941 Recommissioned 22.04.1943 To Britain 1945 |
| M24 | Flender Werft, Lübeck |
12.10.1940 | 22.02.1941 | Mined near Ile de Groix 28.01.1944 Raised. To USA 1945 To France 1947 To West Germany 1956 |
| M25 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
19.03.1940 | 16.11.1940 | Scuttled 16.11.1944 |
| M26 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
21.05.1940 | 21.12.1940 | Bombed in the English Channel off Cap de la Hague 15.05.1942 |
| M27 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
24.06.1940 | 10.02.1941 | Mined off Pauillac Gironde estuary 11.08.1944 |
| M28 | H. C. Stülcken Sohn, Hamburg |
29.07.1940 | 22.05.1941 | Decommissioned 16.01.1945 To Britain 1945 To France 1947 |
| M29 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
18.05.1940 | 14.09.1940 | To USSR 1945 |
| M30 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
01.06.1940 | 31.10.1940 | To USSR 1945 |
| M31 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
13.07.1940 | 19.12.1940 | Torpedoed near Honningsvåg in Northern Norway 21.10.1944 |
| M32 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
24.08.1940 | 08.03.1941 | To USA 1945 |
| M33 | Lübecker Maschinenbau | 01.04.1942 | 18.12.1942 | To Britain 1945 |
| M34 | Lübecker Maschinenbau | 07.08.1942 | 26.06.1943 | To USSR 1945 |
| M35 | Schichau, Königsberg |
09.11.1940 | 06.09.1941 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 |
| M36 | Schichau, Königsberg |
21.12.1940 | 02.01.1942 | Bombed in Great Belt 04.05.1945 |
| M37 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
12.10.1940 | 16.06.1941 | Torpedoed by Soviet MTB in Narva Bay 04.06.1944 |
| M38 | Atlas Werke, Bremen |
28.02.1941 | 13.12.1941 | To Britain 1945 To France 1947 |
| M39 | Atlas Werke, Bremen |
08.08.1941 | 05.05.1942 | Torpedoed northwest of Ouistreham 24.05.1944 |
| M40-80 | - | - | - | Canceled |
| M81 | Lübecker Maschinenbau | 20.12.1940 | 17.07.1941 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 To West Germany 1956 |
| M82 | Lübecker Maschinenbau | 23.03.1941 | 17.11.1941 | To Britain 1945 |
| M83 | Lübecker Maschinenbau | 05.06.1941 | 09.03.1942 | Sunk near Jersey 14.06.1944 |
| M84 | Lübecker Maschinenbau | 03.09.1941 | 09.06.1942 | Scuttled in Le Havre 11.08.1944 |
| M85 | Lübecker Maschinenbau | 06.12.1941 | 18.09.1942 | To Britain 1945 To France 1947 To West Germany 1956 |
| M86-100 | - | - | - | Canceled |
| M101 | Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven |
15.03.1941 | 22.09.1941 | Lost in collision west of Nansos 23.11.1942 |
| M102 | Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven |
01.08.1941 | 28.04.1942 | To Britain 1945 |
| M103 | Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven |
03.12.1941 | 06.08.1942 | Bombed in Ems estuary 15.06.1944 |
| M104 | Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven |
01.04.1942 | 07.11.1942 | To Britain 1945 |
| M105-130 | - | - | - | Canceled |
| M131 | Lindenau, Memel |
20.12.1941 | 31.08.1942 | To Britain 1945 |
| M132 | Reiherstieg, Hamburg |
07.04.1941 | 20.01.1942 | Torpedoed southwest of Egersund Norway 20.09.1944 |
| M133 | Reiherstieg, Hamburg |
03.08.1942 | 26.03.1943 | Torpedoed near Cherbourg 18.06.1944 Scuttled in Saint Malo 01.08.1944 |
| M134-150 | - | - | - | Canceled |
| M151 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
19.10.1940 | 05.05.1941 | To USSR 1945 |
| M152 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
16.11.1940 | 30.06.1941 | Mined off Gironde estuary 23.07.1943 |
| M153 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
04.01.1941 | 01.09.1941 | Sunk in Bay of Biscay 10.07.1943 |
| M154 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
03.05.1941 | 01.11.1941 | To USA 1945 |
| M155 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
19.07.1941 | 27.01.1942 | To USSR 1945 |
| M156 | Oderwerke, Stettin |
04.10.1941 | 24.04.1942 | Bombed in Aberwrach 06.02.1944 |
| M157-200 | - | - | - | Canceled |
| M201 | Neptun Werft, Rostock |
18.05.1940 | 20.12.1940 | To Britan 1945 |
| M202 | Neptun Werft, Rostock |
29.09.1940 | 03.04.1941 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 |
| M203 | Neptun Werft, Rostock |
29.09.1940 | 03.06.1941 | To USSR 1945 |
| M204 | Neptun Werft, Rostock |
21.12.1940 | 24.08.1941 | To USSR 1945 |
| M205 | Neptun Werft, Rostock |
03.05.1940 | 04.11.1941 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 To West Germany 1956 |
| M206 | Neptun Werft, Rostock |
05.05.1940 | 21.12.1941 | Bombed in Saint Malo 04.08.1944 Scuttled 06.08.1944 |
| M207-250 | - | - | - | Canceled |
| M251 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
12.07.1940 | 16.12.1940 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 |
| M252 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
27.09.1940 | 15.02.1941 | To USA 1945 To France 1947 |
| M253 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
23.11.1940 | 21.04.1941 | To USA 1945 To France To West Germany 1956 |
| M254 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
17.02.1941 | 16.06.1941 | To USSR 1945 |
| M255 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
01.04.1941 | 11.10.1941 | To USSR 1945 |
| M256 | Deutsche Werft, Hamburg |
31.05.1941 | 19.01.1942 | Bombed in Cherbourg 15.05.1942 Raised and recommissioned 1944 To USSR 1945 |
| M257-260 | - | - | - | Canceled |
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