In Service: 11 April 1940 to 1945
Ordered:
Builder: Marinen Hovedverft Horten
Construction No:
Laid down:
Launched: 21 december 1932
Commissioned: 11 April 1940
Type: Minelayer / Minenleger
Class:
Displacement: 1,860 tons
Length: waterline 97.3 m overall
Beam: 11.45 m
Draft: 4.03 m
Propulsion:
Propellers:
Speed: 22 knots
Range:
Crew: men and officers
Armament:
3 × 10.5 cm L/45
2 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
10 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
280 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: Minelayers
Articles:I
commanded the captured City of Flint
21 June 1934
The Norwegian minelayer Olav Tryggvason is commissioned.
9 April 1940
The Norwegian minelayer Olav Tryggvason is captured.
11 April 1940
The Norwegian minelayer Olav Tryggvason is renamed Albatross
and commissioned.
16 May 1940
The minelayer Albatross is renamed Brummer (II).
3 April 1945
The minelayer Brummer is severly damaged in an American air
raid.
1945
The minelayer Brummer is broken up, and scrapped.
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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