The M 57 was a minesweeper of the type minesweeper 1916 of the German Imperial Navy and the Reichsmarine , which was deleted from the list of warships from December 1, 1922 and continued to be used as the living hulk K 101 Wb of the Navy in Kiel . It also fulfilled this function in the Navy until the summer of 1939. Its whereabouts are unknown
Construction and technical data
The boat was the first of its class, in 1916 laid keel was. The construction took place at the Seebeck shipyard in Geestemünde . Since it came to the construction problems it ran there until 1 July 1917 as a minesweeper M 57 from the stack . It was put into service on September 16, 1917. The boat had a length of 59.30 m over all (57.80 m in the waterline , 56.10 m between the perpendiculars), was 7.30 m wide and had a draft of 2.20 m . The water displacement was 506 t (standard) and 535 t (maximum). The armament consisted of two 8.8 cm L / 30 guns, and up to 30 mines could be carried. Two triple expansion steam engines with a total of 1750 hp enabled a top speed of 16.0 knots . The bunker supply of 130 tons of coal yielded a range of 2,000 nautical miles at 14 knots cruising speed. The crew numbered 40 men.
↑ The Seebeck shipyard built the first six boats of this class, M 57 - M 62 . After the end of the war, she completed four more boats of the class, M 79 - M 82 , in 1919/20 .
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