Country: Germany.
Class, [Type]: Sperrbrecher-192, [Sp].
Builder: Cristof Ruthof, Regensburg, Germany.
Launch date: 22 September 1924.
Commission date: 10 April 1943.
Decommission date: May 1945.
Displacement ( tons ): 920 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 63 x 13 x 2.
Main machinery: MAN diesel engines ( 400 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 10.
Complement: 40.
Guns: Landing variant: 1 x 1 75mm, 2 x 1 37mm, 2 x 2 20mm AA.
Comment: The ship built in 1924 as a cargo ship M-IV. In February 1925 it was named Kepler. From December 1942 to April 1943 at the shipyard of Turnu Severin was converted to class ship Sperrbrecher. In May 1945, handed over to U.S. troops.




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