In Service: 11 June 1943 to
Ordered:
Builder: N.V.
Werf Gusto Firma v/h A.F. Smulders, Schiedam
Construction No:
Laid down:
Launched: 7 December 1942
Commissioned: 11 June 1943
Type: 1940 Type Minesweeper/Minensuchboot
Class: M 261 Class
Displacement: 543 tons standard 775 tons full load
Length: 62.3 m
Beam: 8.9 m
Draft: 2.82 m
Propulsion: 2 × vertical 3 cylinder triple expansion
engines producing up to 2,150 shp
Propellers:
Speed: 17.2 knots
Range: 4,000 nautical miles at 10 knots
Crew: 65 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 10.5 cm L/45
carried 120 rounds
1 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 2000 rounds
2 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 4000 rounds
7 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 after 1941
carried 14000 rounds
30 mines
Armour 10 mm
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: Minesweepers
Articles:
The M 455 Minesweeper (Minensuchboot) was built in the 1940s
by
N.V.
Werf Gusto Firma v/h A.F. Smulders shipyard located in
Schiedam, The Netherlands as a minesweeper or escort vessel for the
Kriegsmarine.
Construction was transverse frame of steel construction,
which was partly welded, this vessel also had eleven watertight
compartments and a double bottom with hard chine foreship and tug stern. The superstructure, Bridge etc was armored
up to 10 mm in thickness. The propulsion system installed
in these vessels was the two vertical three cylinder triple
expansion engines. And when used as minesweepers the Kabel
Fern Raum Gerat (KFRG) system was employed, which used generators
producing 60 V, 20 kW to power the magnetic sweeping gear.
This vessel went on to serve in the 29. Minensuchflottille during World
War II.
And after the surrender of Germany was employed in the
German
Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA) which was controlled
by the allies.
11 June 1943
The Minesweeper M 455 is commissioned.
1943
The Minesweeper M 455 becomes operational with the 29. Minensuchflottille.
30 July 1944
The Minesweeper M 455 is sunk after being attacked by Allied
aircraft at Hamburg.
26 August 1944
The Minesweeper M 455 is refloated and undergoes repairs.
April 1945
The Minesweeper M 455 is sunk again after being attacked by
Allied aircraft at Cuxhaven
1945
The Minesweeper M 455 is refloated and undergoes repairs.
1945
The Minesweeper M 455 serves with the
German
Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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