Navies and their vessels (Minelayer)
This list is not an alternative to the available databases or books. It is more for categorization of models into classes. Alongside developped an informative list of ship classes.
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Albania
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Argentina
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Australia
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Kookaburra
boom defense vessel 1939-65
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Austria-Hungary
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Dromader
Minenleger 1891-1919
Salamander
Minenleger 1892-1919
MT130 classGegen Kriegsende Minenleger, auch Minensucher. Nur 3 fertiggestellt, Rest weitergebaut. An Italien als Albona class und Jugoslawien als Malinska class. Letztere 1941 an Italien. 1943 Albona, Rovigno an Deutschland als Netztender 57/56

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Netztender 56 (1/600)
Barbados
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Belgium
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Brazil
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Minesweeper
Carioca classBuilt on base of the German WWI M1915 design. Multi-purpose use as minelayer, minesweeper, corvette
Carioca 1939-1960, Cananela 1939-1960, Caravelas 1939-1960, Cabedelo 1939-1960, Camaqua 1940-1944, Camocim 1940-1960
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Bulgaria
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Canada
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Cape Verde
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Chile
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Golub classgunboat ex russ Minelayer
Orompello 1919;1920- , Colocolo 1919;1920-bef.1939, Elicura 1919;1920- , Leucoton 1919;1920-bef.1939; sisters of Finnish Uusima gunboats

Golub 1917 (1/1250),
Hämeenmaa Not assigned
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China
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Colombia
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Denmark
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Mine Vessels
Minebaade, Minekran
HJÆLPEREN
1891-1923
BESKYTTEREN
1900-1950 Built as Mine Vessel, used as Patrol. See there
LOSSEN
1911-1943
Minekran V, VI
1917-1943 1933 named Kvintus, Sixtus
MINEDEPOTBAADE
1925-1956
SØLØVEN Class
1939-1962. 1957:Patrols. M1 (M543) (P578) SØLØVEN, M2 SØBJØRNEN, M3 SØULVEN, M4 (M544) (P579) SØRIDDEREN, M5 (M541) (P576) SØHESTEN, M6 (M542) (P577)
LINDORMEN
1940-1970 Minelayer
LOUGEN class
Minelayer 1941-1974, Lougen, Laaland
MS Class
From 1951 named Ø Class. 1941-1965 kind of R-Boot. Sorte…. Some 1943 captured by Germany
MSK Class
1945-1976 ("STORE" HOLM Class) minesweeper Alhom, Birkholm, Ertholm
MSK Class
1945-1975 ("LILLE" HOLM Class) FYRHOLM, GRÆSHOLM, LINDHOLM
ME class
1945-1948 ex HMS MMS (small)
ME class
1945-1950 ex HMS MMS large
DYB class
1946-1967
LANGELAND
1951-1987 Minelayer
BESKYTTEREN Class1954-1964 Minelayer ex LSM: BESKYTTEREN ex. USS LSM 390, BESKYTTEREN ex. USS LSM 390

Eidechse LSM (1/1250),
LSM VIG class
1961-1974 Minesweeper
LINDORMEN class
1978-2004 Minelayer
FLYVEFISKEN Class
1989-
MRD class
1991-
MSF class
1998-
HOLM class
2007-
Other
FM classehemals dt. oder nicht fertig gebaute FM-Boote als Dienstboote, Seebäderboot…

FM 23 (1/1250)
Egypt
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Estonia
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Finland
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Voin classex russ Louhi, captured 1918 M 1 1936:Louhi 1916;1918-1945; Escort, Training ship, Submarine tender Base type
Louhi Louhi Teplokhod class
ex russ small Minelayers, captured 1918. T 16 1936:Leska 1914/16;1918-1952, T 17 1936:Miina 1914/16;1918; 1919-1952, T 21 1936:Loimu 1914/16;1918-1952, T 22 1922:M 7 1936:Pommi 1914/16;1919-1952, T 25 1936:Paukku 1913;1918-1941
Zashchitnik class / Udarnik classex russ. Captured minelayer/minesweeper Rautu 1917;1918-1950, T 2 ....:Vilppula 1916;1918-1944

Rautu 1936 (1/1250) Luga class
minelayer/netlayer. unknown 1917;1918-....
Indigirka class
minelayer/netlayer
Sveaborg class
unknown 1904;1918-1930
Pohjanmaa
minelayer/training ship. Pohjanmaa 1979-
Pansio classminelayer/command ship. Pansio 1991- , Pyharanta (Pukkio?) 1992- , Porkkala 1992-

Pansio class Hämeenmaa class
minelayer/transport ship. Hämeenmaa 1992- , Uusima 1992-
205U (Osa II) classTuima 1966/72;1993- , Tuisku 1966/72;1996- , Tuuli 1966/72;1994- , Tyrsky 1966/72;1996-

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France
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Abdiel/Manxman Class1941-44 Abdiel Apollo Ariadne Latona Manxman Welshman

HMS Ariadne PLOVER coastal minelayer (1937)
LINNET small minelayers (1938)
"M" small minelayers (M1) (1939 - 1944)
ABDIEL training minelayer (1967)
Netlayer
GUARDIAN netlayer (1933)
PROTECTOR netlayer (1936)
Net class boom defense vessels (1938)
Ailanthus-class net laying ships 1942
ex US netlayers via lend-lease
LaburnumBeute IJN Wakataka, an Malaya (1941),1945-1956

Wakataka
Minesweeper
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Minelayer
LCT / Allied Landing Craft WW2
LCT
Germany
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Medieval Ages (Examples)
Deutscher Bund: Reichsflotte 1848-1852
Preußische Marine, Norddeutscher Bund 1849-1871
Kaiserliche Marine 1871-1918
Golub classUusimaa ex German Beo ex SU Golub (Minelayer class) 1917;1918-1953, Haamenmaa / Hämenma ex German Wulf ex SU Pingwin 1917;1918-1953

Golub 1917 (1/1250),
Hämeenmaa
Minelayers
Rhein
Minentransporter, 1867-1911
Pelikan
1890-1921, designed als Minentransporter, konnte aber auslegen
Königin Luise1913 Seebäderschiff 1914 als Minenleger, beim ersten Einsatz in der Themse gesunken. Auf ihren Minen sank HMS Amphion.
SMS Königin Luise 1914 (1/1250) Meteor
1914 beschlagnahmt, umgebaut zu Hilfskreuzer und Minenleger. 1903;1915-1915 selbstversenkt
Brummer classminelaying cruiser, designed to be optically similar to HMS Arethusa class
Brummer 1916-1919, Bremse 1916-1919

SMS Brummer 1917
Reichsmarine 1921-1935
Deutsche Kriegsmarine 1935-1945
Minelayer ship
Adjudant
Albona classkuk MT130 class, finished for Italy and Yugoslavia. Italian Albona as Netztender 57, Rovigno as Netztender 56

Netztender 56 (1/600) Brandenburg
ex Schnelle Geleitboot "SG 8", ex franz. "KITA". ex Kita. 21.09.1943 sunk off Capraia by a British submarine
Bulgaria
Cyrnos
Dietrich von Bern
Mittelmeer
Dracheex jugosl. Zmaj U-Boot-Tender. 1941 von DKM übernommen, als Flugzeugbergungsschiff und Truppentransporter. Dann Umbau Minenschiff, Tests mit Fl 282 Hubschrauber.

Drache (ex Zmaj) (1/283) Eissero
Fasana
ex ital Minenleger Fasana class
Gallipoli
Glommen
Hanonia
Kaiser
Kamerunsiehe Togo. ex norw. Minensucher Rauma (370 ts), als Geleiter NO 01 und Minenleger Kamerun

HNoMS Otra (Togo) Kuckuck
Laurana
Lauting 1914Tsingtau, ex-tug 582ts, 43,4m. Laid 3 mine barrages. 29.9.1914 sunk. She was raised and repaired by the japanese and served as salvage tug under different names : 191x Shirogame, 1933 Sanogawa Maru, 193x Sanogawa Maru No. 2 and 193x Hakuun Maru until May 30, 1945 when she sunk definitely by mine at Kataka
(663)(153) Lauting classMinentransporter 1934-45. Lauting, Otter, Rhein. Irben Aufbau in Mitte.
Lauting 1940 (1/1250) Linz
Lothringen
ex frz. Londres 1945 return to France
Nymphe
Oldenburgex ital. Garigiliano der Sesia-Klasse, Landungsschiff offiziell Wassertanker. 9.1943 Geleiter Dwarsläufer, 2.1944 Minenleger Oldenburg

Sesia class 1941 Kreta Ostmark
ex frz. Cote d'Argent 21.04.1945 sunk W off Anholt by a British aircrafts
Otranto
Passatex norw. Tanker Storstad MV, capt. By HSK Pinguin, used as aux minelayer. Later in France again as tanker
(664) Pelikan
Pommern
Ex Schnelle Geleitboot "SG 7",ex Flora I ex franz. "Belain d'Esnambuc".
05.10.1943 sunk off San Remo by mines
Potestas
Romaniaex Rumanian passenger-steamer 1905. 1916 SU Aux cruiser & Aircraft Tender Rumynija. Feb 1918 Respublika Rumynija. April 1918 Ukraine, the Germany as Romania Aircraft Tender (not in service). Interwar civil use. 1942 Germany Hospital ship, then S-Boot-Tender. Nov 1943 mine layer. Sunk during evacuation of Sewastopol on 08.05.1944 by air-attack. See
http://www.s-boot.net/romania-uk.html , de.wikipedia as Romania_(Schiff,_1905)
Schwesterschiffe Dacia (1916; russ Dakja; 1918 deutsch; dann SS Dacia; 1944 Rum Hilfsminenschiff), Imperator Traian (1916; russ Impierator Trajan; 1918 kurz deutsch; dann SS Imperator Trajan)

Dacia 1944 San Giorgio
StralsundEisenbahnfähre Deutschland, im 1.Wk Hilfsminenleger Deutschland, 1940 requiriert als Stralsund, 1946 an SU als Orion, dann Aniva
(665) TogoSS Togo: Frachter, dann Minenschiff, dann HK Coronel, dann Nachtjagdleitschiff Togo

Togo (1944),
Togo (1943) Togo, Kamerunex norw. Otra und Rauma Minesweeper/layer (370 ts), dann Vp-Boote

HNoMS Otra (Togo) Tyrsowohl ex-Norwegischer als auch ex NL Hilfsminenleger.
NL:Wodan class Tyr 1909;11/1878-captured by Germany 14/5/1940 as Tyr aux minelayer and HV11 guard ship Hs-Grp Vlissingen zusammen mit Schwester Hefring 16/9/1879;4/1880-TS 1907, scuttled 14/5/1940, Germany HV12

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Pilcomayo Rendel-Boats (1/600) Ulm
Vallelunga
Versailles
Westmark
ex ital Minentransporter, Hilfsminenleger Panigaglia. 1923 gebaut, 1943 dt. Westmark.
Panigaglia-Klasse mit Vallelunga, Buffoluto
Wullenwever
ex frz. Rouen 25.04.1943 sunk in Baltic Sea by mines
Xantenex FM-Boat. FM13 oder FM14 (FM36 / FM35 wrong!), sold 1919 to Romania as Socratis, 1941 bought as Minelayer Xanten, 1942 as UJ116

FM 23 (1/1250) Zeus
Minenräumschiffe MRSMRS3=Bali, MRS4 Paris, MRS11 Osnabrück, MRS12 Nürnberg, MRS25 Rio, MRS26 (Schwester der Rio)

MRS25,
MRS25 1943 (1/1250) Elpidifor KlasseErbeutete ehemalige russische Frachter. Düna ex Kandava, Holland ex Kuldiga, Braunsberg ex Rauna, Schilksee ex Riga, Rudau ex Spidola, Heinrich von Plauen ex Aarne. Ggf. mehr
Base type
Elpidifor type
Bundesmarine after 1945
NVA
Overview Eastern German Minesweepers see http://www.kartonbau.de/forum/die-minensucher-der-volksmarine-1950-1990-originale-und-andere-modellbauformen/board14-just-for-fun/t10393-f35/ Not assigned
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Greece
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Aigialia class
Aigialia 1881-1919, Monemvassia 1881-1920, Nafplia 1881-1919, Aris 0;1912-1923
Tenedos class
Tenedos 1906;1912-1941
Korgialenios class
Korgialenios 1916-1941, Paralos 1925-1941
Pleias class
Plias 1928-1941
Nestos classNestos 1925/26;1938-1941, Axios 1925/26;1938-1941, Aliakmon 1925/26;1929-1941, Strymon 1925/26;1938-1941
mglw gab es 2 Minenleger Strymon? Hier geht man von Baujahr ca 1925 aus, der andere stammt von der Mersey class ab aus dem 1.Wk

UJ2101 ex Strymon (1/600),
Mersey class trawler LSM classAktion 194.;1953-2001, Amvrakia 194.;1953-0

LSM
Hungary
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India
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Indonesia
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Minesweeper
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Iran
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LCT / Allied Landing Craft WW2
LCT,
LSM
Italy
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Panigaglia class
Minentransporter, Hilfsminenleger Panigaglia, Vallelunga, Buffoluto. Panigaglia: 1943 dt. Westmark
FASANA minelayers (1925 - 1927)
Buccari 1926;1927-scuttled 9/9/1943, Durazzo 8126;1926-sunk 22/7/1943, Fasana 1924;1925; captured by Germany 10/9/1943, re-commissioned late 1945, discarded 9/1950, Pelagosa 1926;1927-scuttled 9/9/1943
Azio class / OSTIA minelayers (1926 - 1928)Gunboats, usable as Minelayer/sweeper
Azio 04.05.1927;1928-discarded 1/1957, Dardanelli 29.09.1925;01.09.1926-to Venezuela 1938 (General Soublette), Legnano 01.05.1926;1927-sunk 5/10/1943, Lepanto 22.05.1927;1928-scuttled 9/1943, Milazzo 18.11.1925;01.10.1926-to Venezuela 1938 (General Urdaneta), Ostia 03.12.1925;01.11.1926-scuttled 8/4/1941
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Azio class General Soublette 1943 (1/1250) Not assigned
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Shogunate
IJN
Flower class Acacia groupHMS Sunflower 1915-1923 Sold as Yashima Maru as passenger ship. Sunk 1933. Refloated 1939, repaired 1941 as Kosei Maru (or MIYAJIMA MARU??? could be wrongly reported!). Feb 1943 requisitioned by IJN as Aux sub-chaser. March 1945 rerated aux minelayer. Broken 1953.
(702)(703)(704) 
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Mine warfare
Minelayers
Aux Minelayer 1-41, …
Trawlers and other merchant ships used as aux minelayers in WW1, some even in WW2
Okinawa Maru
Aux cable layer 1904-1905 and 1941-1944
Katsuriki Maru1917 Minelayer, Minesweeper 1938-44 survey vessel

Katsuriki Maru Natsushima / Sokuten 1913Natsushima 11.1911; 1912 // 1915-BU 1932, Sokuten 03.1913; 1913 // 1915-BU 1937, Toshima 10.1914; 03.1915-sunk 30/7/1945, Kuroshima 10.1914; 04.1915-captured 8/1945, to China 11/1947 (Chieh 29), Ashizaki 10.1915; 05.1916-captured 8/1945, wrecked 17/11/1945, Katoku, 1949: Katoku 10.1915; 04.1916-captured 8/1945, JMSDF patrol ship 1948, stricken 1953, Kurokami 02.1917; 05.1917-captured 8/1945, to United Kingdom 11/1947, BU, Katashima 02.1917; 05.1917-captured 8/1945, to Soviet Union 10/1947 (Vilyuy), Ento 03.1917; 05.1917-damaged 15/1/1945, never repaired, Enoshima 04.1909; 03.1919-damaged 14/10/1944, never repaired, Kurosaki 04.1909; 12.1921-captured 8/1945, wrecked 18/11/1945, Ninoshima 04.1909; 10.1920-captured 8/1945, BU 1946, Washizaki 04.1909; 09.1921-captured 8/1945, to United Kingdom 11/1947, BU

Minenleger Sokuten class 1913 AsoBayan (1900) 1903;1903-1904 salvaged IJN 1905 as Aso; training ship 1908-1917 minelayer 1917-1930 1930-1932 Hai Kan No. 4 sunk as target,

Bayan 1900 Tokiwaex armoured cruiser 1899-1922, then minelayer 1924-1945, in Wk2 partially as escort
Tokiwa,
Asama 1899 Shirataka
Minelayer/Netlayer 01.1929; 04.1929-sunk 31/8/1944
Kit candidate: Shirataka by Kobo-Hiryu A21
Itsukushima05.1929; 12.1929-sunk 7/10/1944.
Modellbilder siehe World of Unfamiliare Ship Models Nr 2

Itsukushima Minelayer Tsubame classBuilt as netlayers, reclassified and used as Coastal Minelayer, Escorts Kamome 04.1929; 08.1929-sunk 27/4/1944, Tsubame 04.1929; 07.1929-sunk 1/3/1945

Tsubame Natsushima class1933;1934-44; Natsushima 1933, Nasami 1934, Sarushima Netlayer+minelayer slightly larger 1934. Design based on Tsubame with Diesel, increased armament.

Sarushima Sokuten 1938 ClassMinelayer 1938 with sub-classes Sokuten (Sokuten, Shirakami, Naryu, Kyosai, Ukishima), Hirashima (Hirashima, Hoko, Ishizaki, Takashima, Saishu (45 to China), Niizaki, Yurijima, Nuwajima, Maeshima, (cancelled Moroshima)), Ajiro (Ajiro, 13 more cancelled:Kamishima,Shinoshima, Muso, Namizaki, Terajima, Kyobun, Kosei, Futsutsu?, Sugashima, Niijima, Hikoshima, Himeshima, Tateshima))

Minenleger Hirashima Class (1941) Hatsutaka classSub classes Hatsutaka (Hatsutaka 1939, Aotaka 1040), Wakataka class (Wakataka 1941. 1945 to GB as HMS Laburnum, passed to Malaya -1956), Asadori class (Asadori cancelled 44)

Wakataka TsugaruMinelayer (Mine cruiser) 1940;1941-44 on base of Okinoshima with dual-purpose 2x2 12,7cm guns and more mine capacity

Tsugaru Minenleger (1944) Hashima classCablelayers with minelying capability 1940-68. Hashima ex Hatsushima, Tsurushima, Otate, Tateishi

Hashima Tatsumiya Maru ClassTatsumiya Maru, Tatsuharu Maru freighters 1941 started conversion to Minelayers, 1942 reconverted to aux transports
See also Koei Maru classAux Minelayers ex freighters. Also used as transports. Koei Maru (ex Koyei Maru) 1934-62; 41-45 minelayer, Tenyo Maru 1934-42, 41-42 minelayer
See also Tenyo Maru 2 in , may be this ship?
Ma.101 aux netlayer/minelayerex HMS Barlight (Barricade class or Bar class boom defense vessel) 1938; 1941 scuttled, Salvaged at Hong Kong. Sunk 44. Salvaged 45. 1947 to China.

Ma.101 Aux Netlayer ex HMS Barlight (1/1250),
Kit candidate: No. 101 Special Mission Boat (ex Barlight) 1944 by Fairy Kikaku
Harushima
US Cable ship Col. GFE Harrison captured as aux cable layer Harushima Maru, later Harushima. 44-45 submarine chaser
Kamishima class
Kamishima 1945 to Soviet Union 10/1947 as Katun, Awashima unfinished , Hikoshima+6 more cancelled, 11 more not ordered
Kit candidate: Kobo-Hiryu A37,
Kit candidate: Kamishima Minelayer by Seed
Eijo classEijo, Minoo 1945. Converted from Type 2D Standard Merchants, planned as dual use Transport and Minelayer
See 
Minoo 1945 Further Aux minelayers …Besides some aux minelayers of WW1, some merchant ships were converted to minelayers in WW2
Example: Flower class HMS Sunflower 1915-1923 Sold as Yashima Maru as passenger ship. Sunk 1933. Refloated 1939, repaired 1941 as Kosei Maru (or MIYAJIMA MARU??? could be wrongly reported!). Feb 1943 requisitioned by IJN as Aux sub-chaser. March 1945 rerated aux minelayer. Broken 1953.
(702)(703)(704), ex-Whalecatcher Aux Minesweeper/Sub-chaser Tama maru No.6 in

Hai Chow ex HMS Pentstemon,
Kit candidate: Urara Maru by FK
Netlayers
TOKUSETSU KYUSETSUMOKAN
Parts are an extract from http://www.combinedfleet.com/Kyusetsumokan.htm with changes from further sources.
IJN Converted Kyusetsumokan
Tokusetsu Kyusetsumokan were used to patrol and to lay anti-submarine nets capable of fast elongation. They were also used as motherships for auxiliary submarine chasers. Two merchants were converted to Kyusetsumokan. KOTO MARU No. 2 ClassSumanoura Maru
See also SEIAN MARU ClassSeian Maru ex Tramp Steamer

Seian Maru
IJN Converted Hokakumotei
Tokusetsu Hokakumotei were used to lay indicator nets, to patrol and to attack submarines. Forty four merchant ships were converted to Tokusetsu Hokakumotei. NISSHO MARU No. 5 Class
Nissho Maru No. 5
TOYO MARU No. 3 Class
Toyo Maru No. 3
HINO MARU No. 2 ClassHino Maru No. 2

Similar type
Bonden FUKUEI MARU No. 10 Class
Fukuei Maru No. 10
SHINTO MARU No. 2 Class
Kashi Maru,Katsura Maru,Kokai Maru,Korei Maru,Shinto Maru No. 2
Kit candidate: Kokai Maru in SR Attack Force by Fairy Kikaku
KYOSEI MARU Class
Kyosei Maru
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IJN Converted Bosemmotei
Tokusetsu Bosemmotei were used to lay and to maintain anti-submarine nets with mines, to patrol and to attack submarines. Seven merchant ships were converted to Tokusetsu Bosemmotei. AGATA MARU Class
Agata Maru
ZUISHO MARU Class
Zuisho Maru
SHINTO MARU No. 2 Class
Iwato Maru
Cable Layer
Cable layers are not Mine related, but intermediately reported here as kind of layers Ogasawara MaruAux cable layer 41-45
See also ONI-p69 Yamabato MaruAux cable layer 41-43
See also ONI-p105
JMSDF
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Malaysia
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Malta
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Minelayer
Hydra classex Rendell type gunboats converted to minelayer: Das 1876;1909-minelayer 1914, sold 1925, Havik 1874;1909-minelayer 1914, BU 1936,

Similar type
Pilcomayo Rendel-Boats (1/600) Koetei class
Siboga 1898;1910-1933, Assahan 1900;1917-1931
Wodan classex Rendell type Gunboats (similar Hydra class), converted to minelayers:
Braga 1909;6/1879-minesweeper 1913, river gunboat 1914, wrecked 15/5/1940, Bulgia 4/12/1879;10/1884-minelayer 1925, sunk 12/5/1940,
Balder 1909;8/1879-minelayer 1910, captured by Germany 5/1940, BU, Thor 31/3/1877;11/1877-minelayer 1918, captured by Germany 14/5/1940, Vidar 15/2/1879;7/1879-minelayer 1915, captured by Germany 18/5/1940, Hadda 1909;5/1880-minelayer 1909, captured by Germany 14/5/1940

Similar type
Pilcomayo Rendel-Boats (1/600) Hydra class
Hydra 1911-1940, Medusa 1912-1946
Triton class
Triton 1906;1914-1921
Vulcanus class
Vulcanus 1902;1917-1936
Hercules class
Hercules 1910;1919-1933
Nias class
Serdang 1897;1921-1942
Van Meerlant class
Follow-up of Hydra class, escaped to GB. Van Meerlant 1922-1941, Douwe Aukes 1922-1941
Pro Patria class; HIW
Pro Patria 1923-1942
Krakatau class
Krakatau 1924-1942
Rigel class1931;1939 Aux Minelayer; sunk 42, IJN salvaged 44; returned 45; Indonesian navy 1951 as Dewakembar

Rigel 1940 (1/1250) Gouden Leeuw classbuilt on base of Rigel in NL. 1931;1932-1942. Prins van Oranje, Gouden Leeuw

Rigel 1940 (1/1250) Jan van Brakel classJan van Brakel 1936-1957. Minelayer very similar to Nautilus, escaped to UK, used as escort, then minesweeper mothership. 1950 classified as frigate

Similar type
Amiral Murgescu Ram classRam -1941;--1942 jap Gunboat Nanshin - 45, Regulus -1943;--1942 jap gunboat Nankai -45

Nankai Mijneneleger I class
Mijnenleger I -1942;--1942
Netlayer
AN class
Cerberus 1952-1970
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Minelayer
New Zealand
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Norway
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Vale class
Vale 1874;1913-1940 then German, Uller 1877;1913-1940 then German for few weeks
Nor class
Nor 1879;1913 / 1945-1940 / 1949 in-between German service, Brage 1878;1913-1940;1945 in-between German service, Vidar 1882;1913 / 1945-1940 / 1947 in-between German service as NK31
Gor class
Gor 1885;1913/14 / 1945-1940 / 1946 in-between German service, Tyr 1887;1913/14-1940;1945 in-between German service
Glommen class
Glommen 1917-1940 then German NK01, Laugen 1917;1917 / 1945-1940 / 1950 in-between German service as NN05
LSM classVale 1944/45;1952-1960, Vidar 1944/45;1952-1960. Both ex US, then Turkey

LSM LCT(4) classVargsund 1945;1952-1960, Reinoysund 1945;1952-1960; both ex Brit. LCT

LCT Mul 12 class
Borgen 1961-
Vidar class
Vidar 1977-2006, Vale 1978-2003
Tyr class
Tyr 1981;1994-
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Romania
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DaciaHilfsminenleger, siehe Schwester Romania (deutsch)

Dacia 1944 Amiral Murgescu classDesign on base of Dutch Jan van Brakel class. Amiral Murgescu 1938;1941-44 SU Don, Cetetea Alba not finished, 2 more cancelled

Amiral Murgescu Durostor
Hilfsminenleger ex SU Sankt-Peterburg (1911) 1940-1944, then transport
Kit candidate: Durostor in Axis Convoy 2 Crimea 1944 by Fairy Kikaku
Regele Carol IAux cruiser & aux minelayer ex Passenger liner 1898. 1916 SU Aircraft tender Korol/Karl 1918 SU IOAN ROATA 1918 Rom. Pass. Regele Carol I. 1941 minelayer cruiser. 1941 sunk by submarine L4

Regele Carol I
South Korea
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LSM
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Marte class
Marte, Neptuno
Jupiter class
modernized Marte: Jupiter, Vulcano
Eolo class
Eolo, Triton
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SU
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Kolchida / PernacAviso, ex brit Yacht Tamara. Bought 1913. Used as communication ship in Black Sea. 1919 reconstructed as Minelayer Pernac

Kolchida / Pernac 1913 Augusta Victoria-Klasse1904 4 deutsche Liner erworben als Hilfskreuzer. Aus der Augusta Victoria-Klasse:
Kuban ex Augusta Victoria (Handelskreuzer um Japan während Tsushima-Schlacht) -1907,
Terek ex Columbia,
etwas größer
Don ex Fürst Bismarck

SS Columbia 1889 / Rapido / Terek Flüsse-KlasseDriester ex German Lahn Spähschiff, Ural ex Kaiserin Maria Theresia ex Spree. Sunk at Tsushima

Similar type
SS Columbia 1889 / Rapido / Terek as Ural, Meteoro
YermakIcebreaker 1898-1964

Jermak (1/1250),
Kit candidate: Yermak by Kombrig
Grozyashchiy 1892 class1st russian armoured gunboats. Far East. Grozyashchiy 1892-1922, Gremyashchiy 1893-1904, Otvazhnyy 1893-1905

Gremyashchiy 1893 Amur class 1899Minelayer Amur, Yenisei 1899-1904

Similar type
Amur Amur class 1905Minelayer Amur, Yenisei 1905-1941, only slightly modified of 1st Amur

Amur Gilyak 1905 class
Giljak 1906;1918-1920 captured by Germans 1918 passed to Finland as Iljak, Bobr 1907;1919-1925: SU Gunboat Bobr captured by Germans; tender Bieber, transferrred to Estonia as Lembit
Marti Minelayer1896 in service as Imperial Yacht Standart. renamed 18 marta after revolution, and then to Marti. 1932-36 conversion to Minelayer. After war training ship. 1957 named Oka. Scrapped 1963

Marti 1936 (1/1250),
Marti 1936 Kars class1909-1959 gunboats, 1st surface water ships with Diesel. Kars/Lenin/PKZ-100, Ardagan/Trotski/Krasny Azerbaidzhan/PKZ-101

Lenin 1942 Sibiryakov
ex Finnish Jääkarhu 1926;1045-1972
Kit candidate: Jääkarhu by COB on Shapeways
Ropucha class Pj 775Landing ships
(by Wikimedia, Author, Rights refer to here)
Kit candidate: Ropucha by YG Models, by GG
Ivan Gren class Pj 11711Landing ships

Ivan Gren Alligator class Pj 1171Landing ships
(by Wikimedia, Author, Rights refer to here)
Kit candidate: Nikolai Filchenkov Large Landing Ship Pr.1171 by Combrig, Voronezhskiy Komsomolets by Combrig, Alligator by Bill's on Shapeways
Volkhov / Wolchow / Kommuna1915-heute U-Boot-Tender, Hebeschiff, Bergungsschiff

Kommuna 2022, Similar style
Kanguro 1937 Not assigned
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LCT / Allied Landing Craft WW2
LCT
Sweden
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Taiwan
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Min Jiang class
4 boats. 2020-heute
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Tunisia
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Turkey
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United States of America
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Converted MerchantmanCMc-3 Wassuc 1941 Converted from Florida East Coast train ferry Yale
CM-3 Aroostook ex SS Bunker Hill 1918-1919 then Aircraft tender till 1931. Stricken 1947. CM-4 Oglala ex Shawmut ex SS Massachusetts1917;1941;1942 7 Dec 41; at Pearl Harbor; Salvaged and converted to Gasoline Engine Repair Ship ARG-1
CM-8 Keokuk 1941; 1942; 1943 ex Train Ferry converted to AN-5;Converted from Net-Laying Ship AN-5; Converted to Net Cargo Ship AKN-4
CM-9 Monadnock 1941 ex-SS Cavalier (Coastal Freighter) First commissioned as Coastal Minelayer CMc4
CM-10/CMc-5 Miantonomah 1941 ex-SS Quaker (Coastal Freighter); First commissioned as Coastal Minelayer CMc-5; +25 Sep 44; mine at Le Havre
CM-11 Salem /
Shawmut 1942;15 Aug 45 ex-SS Joseph R. Parrott (renamed)
CM-12 Weehawken 1942 Converted from Florida East Coast train ferry Estrada Palma

USS Oglala CM-4 / ARG-1 (1/1250) Catskill classBuilt as minelayer, re-classified as AP, then LSV, then MCS. Catskill LSV-1 ex CM-6, Ozark LSV-2 ex CM-7

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USS Monitor LSV-5 DM Little/Clemson classDM-15 Gamble 1930 18 Feb 45; air attack at Iwo Jima
DM-16 Ramsey 1930-1945 Converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-98
DM-17 Montgomery 1931 17 Oct 44; mine at Ngulu Lagoon
DM-18 Breese 1931
DM-19 Tracy 1917;1937 Converted from DD-214
DM-20 Preble 1918 / 1937 / 1945 Converted from DD-345; Converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-99
DM-21 Sicard 1937-1945 Converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-100

Similar type
USS Ward DD-139 (1941) DM Robert H. Smith ClassVariant of the Sumner class used as Minelayer and Minesweeper. Without Torpedo tubes. 1944 DM-23 Robert H. Smith
DM-24 Thomas E. Fraser
DM-25 Shannon
DM-26 Harry F. Bauer
DM-27 Adams
DM-28 Tolman
DM-29 Henry A. Wiley
DM-30 Shea
DM-31 J. William Ditter
DM-32 Lindsey
DM-33 Gwin
DM-34 Aaron Ward
Base type
Allen M.Sumner Class Similar type
ACM Auxiliary Minelayers Chimo class
ACM-1 Chimo 1944 ex- US Army Coast Artillery Corps Col. C.W. Bundy
ACM-2 Planter 1944 ex- US Army Coast Artillery Corps Col. George Ricker
ACM-3 Barricade 1944 ex- US Army Coast Artillery Corps Col. John Storey
ACM-5 Barbican 1945 ex- US Army Coast Artillery Corps Col. G. Armistead
ACM-6 Bastion 1945 ex- US Army Coast Artillery Corps Col. H.J. Hunt
ACM-7 Obstructor 1945 ex- US Army Coast Artillery Corps Lt. Sylvester
ACM-8 Picket 1945 ex- US Army Coast Artillery Corps Gen. Henry Knox
ACM-9 Trapper 1945 ex- US Army Coast Artillery Corps Gen. A. Murray
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References
(153)↑ Gröner, Jung, Maass: Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945, Bernard & Graefe Verlag Koblenz 1985
(662)↑ Charles Gibson: Das Schiff mit fünf Namen, Heyne Bücher, München 1965
(665)↑ Jürgen Prommersberger, Seeschlachten im 1.Weltkrieg - Der Kampf um die Ostsee, Regenstauf, Mai 2016
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