Type 1943

The Type 1943 or model M601 was the first German submarine chaser, built in 1944 at the Neptun shipyard. She was captured by the British in 1945, being scrapped three years after the end of World War II.

History

As successors to the 1940-type minesweepers, the Kriegsmarine commissioned a design that would allow ships of similar size to be built at the rate of one per week, in shipyards across Europe from Rostock to Toulon.

4 standard versions were built to be used as submarine chasers, torpedo boats and training ships.

A total of 21 ships were built, entering service in November 1944 until the end of World War II.

Series

Series-Construction-Launching-Low-Observations

• M601- Neptun-Werft, Rostock - 31.08.1944 - 22.11.1944- Betted by the British
• M602- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 21.10.1944- 14.12.1944- Betted by the British
• M603- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 02.11.1944- 31.12.1944- Betted by the British
• M604- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 10.11.1944- 18.01.1945- Betted by the British
• M605- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 13.12.1944- 03.02.1945- Betted by the British
• M606- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 20.12.1944- 16.03.1945- Pressed by the U.S. United States
• M607- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 30.12.1944- 16.03.1945- Pressed by the U.S. United States
• M608- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 20.01.1945- 20.03.1945- Pressed by the U.S. United States
• M609- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 29.01.1945- 27.03.1945- Pressed by the U.S. United States
• M610- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 27.02.1945- 05.10.1945- Pressed by the U.S. United States
• M611- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 12.03.1945- ?????.1945- Pressed by the U.S. United States
• M612- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 23.03.1945- 01.04.1945- Betted by the British
• M613- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 1945- - Not finished.
• M614- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 1945- - Not finished.
• M615- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 1945- - Not finished.
• M616- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- 1945- - Not finished.
• M617- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M618- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M619- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M620- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M621- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M622- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M623- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M624- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M625- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M626- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M627- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M628- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M629- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M630- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M631- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M632- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M633- Neptun-Werft, Rostock- - Project uninitiated.
• M801- Schichau, Königsberg - 09.09.1944- 03.12.1944 - Converted in Italian "GAZELLA".
• M802- Schichau, Königsberg- 29.09.1944- 04.01.1945- Smoothed in Kiel by a bomb.
• M803- Schichau, Königsberg- 19.10.1944- 17.01.1945- Converted to Italian "DAINO"
• M804- Schichau, Königsberg- 01.11.1944- 23.01.1945- Smoothed in Kiel by a bomb.
• M805- Schichau, Königsberg- 09.11.1944- 26.01.1945- Smoothed in Kiel by a bomb.
• M806- Schichau, Königsberg- 21.11.1944- - Appreciated by the British.
• M807- Schichau, Königsberg- 13.01.1945- 99%Terminated- Dismantled later.
• M808- Schichau, Königsberg- 1945- 99%Terminated- Dismantled later.
• M809- Schichau, Königsberg- - 90% finished.
• M810- Schichau, Königsberg- - - 88 % finished.
• M811- Schichau, Königsberg- - - 85 % finished.
• M812- Schichau, Königsberg- - - 65% finished.
• M813- Schichau, Königsberg- - - 45 % finished.
• M814- Schichau, Königsberg- - Not finished.
• M815- Schichau, Königsberg- - Not finished.
• M816- Schichau, Königsberg- - Not finished.