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Küstenminenleger

Small fast attack boats, to be used as fast offenisve mine layers  

   History   Ships   Technical Data 
Name Construction Launched Commissioned Fate
KM1 Nordbjaerg & Wedell Copenhagen, 1941 18.12.1941 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS1 in February 1944, attached to Peipusee-Flotilla. Sunk on 02.07.1944, raised, taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945, fate unknown.
KM2

Nordbjaerg & Wedell Copenhagen, 1941

18.12.1941 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS2 in February 1944, attached to Peipusee-Flotilla. Decommissioned in November 1944, taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945, fate unknown.
KM3

Nordbjaerg & Wedell Copenhagen, 1941

09.06.1942 Used in Ladogasee-Flottille. Decommissioned in November 1944, taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945, fate unknown
KM4

Nordbjaerg & Wedell Copenhagen, 1941

09.06.1942 Used in Peipusee Flotilla. Decommissioned in November 1944, taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945, fate unknown.
KM5

Rolandwerft Hemelingen, 1942

08.08.1942 Used in Peipusee Flotilla. Sunk on 02.07.1944, raised, taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945, fate unknown.
KM6

Rolandwerft Hemelingen, 1942

01.06.1942 Sunk after air attack by four Il-2 Stormoviks on 21.08.1943 near Sommers Island in the Finnish Gulf.
KM 7

Rolandwerft Hemelingen, 1942

October 1943 Sunk after mine hit on 02.12.1943.
KM 8

Engelbrecht Berlin, 1942

16.06.1942 Used in PeipuseeFlotilla. Beached on 12.06.1944, destroyed after air attack on 20.06.1944.
KM 9

Engelbrecht Berlin, 1942

February 1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS9 in October 1943, attached to Peipusee-Flotilla. Destroyed on 18.09.1944.
KM 10

Engelbrecht Berlin, 1942

February 1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS10 in December 1943, attached to Peipusee-Flotilla. Destroyed on 18.09.1944.
KM 11

Engelbrecht Berlin, 1942

March 1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS11 in March 1943, given to Croatian Navy in October 1944. Fate unknown.
KM 12

Engelbrecht Berlin, 1942

1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS12 in December 1943, attached to Peipusee-Flotilla. Destroyed on 18.09.1944.
KM 13

Engelbrecht Berlin, 1942

1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS13 in December 1943, fate unknown.
KM 14

Engelbrecht Berlin, 1942

1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS14 in December 1943, fate unknown.
KM 15

Engelbrecht Berlin, 1942

1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS15 in December 1943, fate unknown.
KM 16

Kriegermann Berlin-Pichelsdorf, 1941

December 1941 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS16 in December 1943, attached to Peipusee-Flotilla. Destroyed on 18.09.1944.
KM 17

Kriegermann Berlin-Pichelsdorf, 1941

17.07.1942 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS17 in March 1943, given to Croatian Navy in October 1944. Fate unknown.
KM 18

Kriegermann Berlin-Pichelsdorf, 1941

17.07.1942 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS18 in March 1943, given to Croatian Navy in September 1944. Fate unknown.
KM 19

Kriegermann Berlin-Pichelsdorf, 1941

01.10.1942 Attached to Peipusee-Flotilla. Decommissioned in November 1944, taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945, fate unknown.
KM 20

Reinickewerft
Berlin-Pichelsdorf, 1942

17.07.1942 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS20 in December 1943, sunk on 05.09.1944 after internal fire.
KM 21

Reinickewerft
Berlin-Pichelsdorf, 1942

21.07.1942 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS21 in 1943, given to Croatian Navy in December 1944. Fate unknown.
KM 22

Nordbjaerg & Wedell       Copenhagen, 1941

09.06.1942 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS22 in 1943, attached to Peipusee-Flotilla. Taken over by the Soviet Union in 1945, fate unknown.
KM 23

Rob. Franz Niederlehme, 1942

17.07.1942 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS23 in 1943, given to Croatian Navy in December 1944. Fate unknown.
KM 24

Rob. Franz Niederlehme, 1942

17.07.1942 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS24 in 1943, given to Croatian Navy in December 1944. Fate unknown.
KM 25

Rob. Franz Niederlehme, 1942

12.12.1942 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS25 in  1943, attached to Peipusee-Flotilla. Decommissioned in 1944.
KM 26

Rob. Franz Niederlehme, 1942

February 1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS26 in  1943, attached to Peipusee-Flotilla.
KM 27

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941


02.09.1942
Sunk by Soviet aviation somewhen between 25.05 - 10.06.1943 in the Finnish Gulf.
KM 28

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941

05.12.1942 Sunk after air attack by four Il-2 Stormoviks on 21.08.1943 near Sommers Island in the Finnish Gulf.
KM 29

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941

05.12.1942 Sunk by Soviet aviation somewhen between 24.07 - 04.08.1943 in the Finnish Gulf.
KM 30

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941

05.12.1942 Sunk after air attack by four Il-2 Stormoviks on 21.08.1943 near Sommers Island in the Finnish Gulf.
KM 31

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941

February 1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS31 in 1943, given to Croatian Navy in September 1944. Fate unknown.
KM 32

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941

February 1943 Reclassified as Kleinst Schnellboot KS32 in 1943, given to Croatian Navy in September 1944. Fate unknown.
KM 33

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941

February 1943 Fate unknown.
KM 34

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941

February 1943 Fate unknown.
KM 35

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941

Damaged during fire on shipyard in July 1942. Fate unknown.
KM 36

Nordbjaerg & Wedell
Copenhagen, 1941

Damaged during fire on shipyard in July 1942. Fate unknown.

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