List of minelayer ship classes

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This is a list of minelayer ship classes by country

Australia

• HMAS Bungaree −1 ship in service 1941 to 1946

China

• Wolei-class minelayer – 1 ship in service from 1988

Denmark

• Falster-class minelayer – 4 ships (in Danish) all scrapped
• Lindormen-class minelayer – 2 ships (sold to Estonia)

Finland

• Finnish minelayer Louhi 1 ship in service 1918 to 1945
• Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi 1 ship in service from 1957 to 1994
• Hämeenmaa-class minelayer 2 ships in service from 1992
• Pansio-class minelayer 3 ships in service from 1991
• Finnish minelayer Pohjanmaa 1 ship in service from 1979 to 2013
• Pukkio-class minelayer 3 ships in service from 1947 to 1991
• Ruotsinsalmi-class minelayer 2 ships in service 1940 to 1975
• Teplokhod-class motor minelayer 8 ships 1914 to 1952? ( 3? also used by the Estonian Navy)

France

• French cruiser Pluton 1 ship in service 1929 to 1939
• Pluton-class minelayer (1912) 2 ships in service 1914 to 1921

Germany

Imperial German Navy

• Brummer-class cruiser – 2 ships
• Nautilus-class minelayer – 2 ships
• SMS Deutschland (1914) – 1 ship
• SS Königin Luise (1913) – 1 ship

Kriegsmarine

• German training ship Bremse – 1 ship
• German training ship Brummer – 1 ship
• Drache – 1 ship (ex Yugoslav)
• Brummer (ii) – 1 ship (ex Norwegian)

Iran

• Iran Ajr – 1 ship

Italy

Regia Marina

• Italian minelayer Fasana – 1 ship
• Azio-class minelayer – 6 ships

Japan

Imperial Japanese Navy^[1]

• Hatsutaka-class minelayer – 3 ships
• Japanese minelayer Itsukushima – 1 ship
• Japanese minelayer Kamishima – 1 ship
• Japanese minelayer Minoo – 1 ship
• Natsushima-class minelayer (1933) – 3 ships
• Japanese minelayer Okinoshima – 1 ship
• Japanese minelayer Shirataka
• Sokuten-class auxiliary minelayer (1913) – 13 ships
• MV Tenyo Maru (1935) – 1 ship
• Japanese minelayer Tsugaru – 1 ship
• Japanese minelayer Yaeyama – 1 ship

Korea (ROK)

• Nampo-class minelayer

Netherlands

• Douwe Aukes-class minelayer – 2 ships
• Hydra-class minelayer – 2 ships
• Prins van Oranje-class minelayers – 2 ships

Norway

• HNoMS Frøya – 1 ship
• Vale-class gunboat – 5 ships (4 captured by Germany)
• Glommen-class minelayer – 2 ships (1 captured by Germany)
• HNoMS Olav Tryggvason – 1 ship (captured by Germany)
• Gor-class Former US Navy Auk-class.
  • «Brage» ex. USS «Triumph» (1961–1991)
  • «Gor»
  • «Uller»
  • «Tyr»
• Vidar-class Two ships built in Norway.
  • HNoMS Vidar (1977–2006) Sold to Latvia in 2006.
  • HNoMS Vale (1978–2003) Donated to Latvia in 2003.

Poland

• ORP Gryf (1936) – 1 ship

Romania

• NMS Aurora – 1 ship
• NMS Alexandru cel Bun – 1 ship
• NMS Amiral Murgescu – 2 ships
• NMS Regele Carol I – 1 ship
• OMm35-class minelayer – 2 ships (ex Czech)

Russia (Soviet Union)

Imperial Russian Navy

• Amur-class minelayer (1898)

Soviet Navy

• Alesha-class minelayer – 3 ships
• Marti −1 ship (former imperial yacht)

Spain

• Júpiter-class minelayer – 4 ships

Sweden

• HSwMS Älvsborg – 1 ship (sold to Chile)
• HSwMS Älvsnabben (M01) – 1 ship
• HSwMS Carlskrona (P04) – 1 ship
• HSwMS Visborg – 1 ship

Taiwan

• Min Jiang-class minelayer – 4 ships

Turkey

• Ottoman minelayer Nusret – 1 ship

United Kingdom

• HMS Abdiel (1915)
• HMS Adventure (M23) 1 ship in service 1922 to 1944
• Abdiel-class minelayer – 6 ships in service 1941 to 1972
• Linnet-class minelayer – 3 ships in service 1938 to 1964
• HMS Plover (M26) – 1 ship in service 1927 to 1969
• HMS Agamemnon (M10)
• HMS Abdiel (N21) – 1967 to 1988

Yugoslavia

• Silba-class landing ship-minelayer −3 ships (subsequently to Croatia)

Citations

Bibliography

• Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 978-0-87021-893-4.