In Service: 1 April 1945 to 1948
Ordered:
Builder: AG
Neptun, Rostock
Construction No: 546
Laid down:
Launched: 23 March 1945
Commissioned: 1 April 1945
Type: 1943 Type Minesweeper/Minensuchboot
Class: M 601 Class
Displacement: 582 tons standard 821 tons full load
Length: 67.75 m
Beam: 9 m
Draft: 2.68 m
Propulsion: 2 × vertical 3 cylinder triple expansion
engines producing up to 2,150 shp
Propellers:
Speed: 17 knots
Range: 4,000 nautical miles at 10 knots
Crew: 101 men and officers
Armament:
2 × 10.5 cm L/45
carried 300 rounds
2 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 4000 rounds
8 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 16000 rounds
1 × 7.3 cm F�hn rocket launcher
24 mines
Armour 10 mm
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: Minesweepers
Articles:
The M 612 Minesweeper (Minensuchboot) was built in the 1940s
by
AG
Neptun shipyard located in Rostock, Germany as a minesweeper
or escort vessel for the Kriegsmarine.
These minesweepers were constructed out of seven prefabricated
units and transported to the shipyards by rail for final assembly.
However basic construction was similar to previous minesweepers,
transverse frame steel construction, which was partly welded,
this vessel also had thirteen watertight compartments and
a double bottom with hard chine bow 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 12. Minensuchflottille during World
War II some time in 1945, 11 crew members shot for mutiny.
And after the surrender of Germany was employed in the
German
Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA) which was controlled
by the allies.
1 April 1945
The Minesweeper M 612 is commissioned.
1945
The Minesweeper M 612 becomes operational with the 12. Minensuchflottille.
1945
11 crew members of the Minesweeper M 612 were shot for mutiny.
1945
The Minesweeper M 612 is seized as a prize of war by the British.
1945
The Minesweeper M 612 is serves with the
German
Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
1948
The Minesweeper M 612 is broken up and scrapped in Britain.
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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