W-7 class minesweepers




Displacement630t standard, 738t trial
Length67.3m pp, 71.3m wl, 72.5m oa
Width7.85m
Draught2.0m
Machinery2-shaft geared turbine, 2 boilers, 3850shp
Speed20kt
Range2000nm by 14kt
Armament3-12cm/45cal gun, 2-25mm AA
Complement88



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
W-7FY1937Mitsui, Tamano1937.10.271938. 6.161938.12.15MSw1944. 4.15 sunk
(torpedoed, Andaman Is)
[11.34N, 93.08E]
1944. 6.10 disc
W-8FY1937Uraga dock1937.12.111938. 5.281939. 2.15MSw1946. 7.10 scuttled
(S of Singapore)
1946. 8.10 disc
W-9FY1937Maizuru NYd1938. 2. 71938. 9.101939. 2.15MSw1942. 2. 1 sunk
(mined, Ambon)
[03.42S, 128.10E]
1942. 4.10 disc
W-10FY1937Ishikawajima SB1937.12.211938. 9.221939. 2.15MSw1941.12.10 sunk
(air attack, Pigan Bay, Luzon I)
[17.32N, 120.22E]
1942. 3.15 disc
W-11FY1937Uraga dock1938. 5.301937.12.281939. 7.15MSw1945. 3.28 sunk
(air attack, off Macassar)
[05.06S, 119.14E]
1945. 5.10 disc
W-12FY1937Ishikawajima SB1938. 5.281939. 2.181939. 8.15MSw1945. 4. 6 sunk
(torpedoed, off Flores I)
[08.13S, 119.14E]
1945. 5.25 disc



TOP page INDEX Vessels


Copyright © Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito), 2003.