Draft:Krake-class mine warfare vessel

	HMS Quorn in 2001
Class overview
Name	Krake class
Builders	Peene-Werft
Operators	Volksmarine
Built	1953–1958
In service	1957–1976
Completed	10
Active	0
Retired	10
General characteristics
Type	Mine warfare vessel
Displacement	650 t (640 long tons; 720 short tons)
Length	70.01 m (229 ft 8 in)
Beam	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft diesel; 34,000 bhp (25,000 kW);
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	38 (? officers & ? ratings)
Sensors and ; processing systems	KSIB navigation radar; Tamir-11 sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	SeaFox mine disposal system; Diver-placed explosive charges;
Armament	1 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm gun; 2 × Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023); 3 × General purpose machine guns;

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The Krake class was a class of ten mine warfare vessels of the Volksmarine. Built between 1956 and 1958, they served in both minelaying and mine clearance roles until 1973, when seven of the ships were decommissioned and scrapped, with the three remaining ships serving in a training role until 1976.

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All 13 ships of this class re-used names from the World War II Hunt-class destroyer. Four of the names had also been used for World War I Hunt-class minesweepers: these were HMS Bicester, Cattistock, Cottesmore and Quorn. HMS Atherstone had been a paddlewheel minesweeper in 1916, and Brocklesby was a coaster taken up from trade in 1916.^{[citation needed]}

Navy	Name	Pennant number	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Status
Volksmarine	Berlin	???	Peene-Werft	1957	???	Decommissioned and scrapped
	Leipzig	???	Peene-Werft	1957	???	Decommissioned and scrapped
	Dresden	???	Peene-Werft	1957	???	Decommissioned and scrapped
	Karl-Marx-Stadt	???	Peene-Werft	1957	???	Decommissioned and scrapped
	Halle	221	Peene-Werft	1957	???	Decommissioned and scrapped
	Magdeburg	???	Peene-Werft	1958	???	Decommissioned and scrapped
	Erburg	???	Peene-Werft	1958	???	Decommissioned and scrapped
	Rostock	???	Peene-Werft	1958	???	Decommissioned and scrapped
	Potsdam	???	Peene-Werft	1958	???	Decommissioned and scrapped
	Gera	???	Peene-Werft	1958	???	Decommissioned and scrapped

References[edit]

^ "The all-rounder – the 30mm Automated Small Calibre Gun in focus". Navy Lookout. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ "In focus: the 50 cal heavy machine gun in Royal Navy service". Navy Lookout. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[1] "The all-rounder – the 30mm Automated Small Calibre Gun in focus". Navy Lookout. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[2] "In focus: the 50 cal heavy machine gun in Royal Navy service". Navy Lookout. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

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