Dimensions
- Size
- 297 t
- Length
- 30,00 m
- Beam
- 10,50 m
- Draft
- 3,51 m
30,00 mOverall length
297 tDisplacement
60Mine capacity
Design and service
The story of Primus
An unusual mine layer was the small ferry Primus. Commissioned on 03.08.1914 as auxiliary mine layer in Kiel, it only served in this duty until the end of the year, after that it returned to its original task as a ferry. It was used in this role until 1945. In 1969 it was converted in a repair shop ship and is possibly still existing today
At a glance
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament and performance.
Armament
- Weapons and mines
- 60 mines
Performance
- Machinery and speed
- 350 shp, 8kn
Construction record
Primus
- Laid down
- Howaldtswerke Kiel, 1907
- Launched
- 1907
- Commissioned
- 03.08.1914
- Fate
- still exsiting