W-13 class minesweepers




Displacement500t standard, 551t trial
Length69.0m pp, 72.0m wl, 74.0m oa
Width8.20m
Draught2.07m
Machinery2-shaft recipro, 2 boilers, 3200ihp
Speed20kt
Armament2-12cm/45cal gun, 2-13.2mm AA
Complement?



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
W-13FY1931Fujinagata SB1931.12.221933. 3.301933. 8.31MSw1942. 1.12 sunk
(action, off Tarakan)
1945.11.30 disc
W-14FY1931Hitachi SB1931.12.221933. 5.201933. 9.30MSw1942. 1.12 sunk
(action, off Tarakan)
1945.11.30 disc
W-15FY1931Fujinagata SB1933. 4. 61934. 2.141934. 8.21MSw1945. 3. 5 damaged
(torpedoed, off Ryukyu Is)
[29.30N, 129.33E]
1945. 5.10 disc
W-16FY1931Mitsui, Tamano1933. 6.201934. 3.301934. 9.29MSw1943. 9.11 sunk
(air attack, off Port Macassar)
[06.08S, 119.20E]
1943.11. 1 disc



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