Mine Warfare Ships
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Ensdorf Class LOA 179′ / 54.5 m TDISP 650 tons (5, 2 active)

FGS Hameln M-1092 (1989-2014)
Frankenthal class Type 332 minehunter LOA 178′ / 54.3 m TDISP 650 tons (12 built, 10 active, 2 transferred to United Arab Emirates, service since 1992)


Lindau class minehunter LOA 155′ / 47.2 m TDISP 470 tons (18, all retired, 1 preserved as a museum ship, several others may be privately owned)
FGS Weilheim M-1077 (1958-1976) Museum Ship, Wilhelmshaven

Schütze class/Type 341 fast minesweeper LOA 156′ / 47.5 m TDISP 267 tons (service 1959-ca. 1990).
M-1091 Steinbock (1960-1974) Youth hostel at Wilhelmshaven until sold ca. 2017.
M-1096 Fische (1960-1989) Currently a houseboat at Shoreham-by-Sea, UK.

Gemma M-1097 (1960-1987) South of Wilhelmshaven, long laid up.
R-boat R-146 (1944) LOA 135’/41.1m TDISP 150 tons (424 built Second World War wartime for Kriegsmarine, unknown number still exist) museum boat, now may be scrapped. Detailed postwar history available at the Neuss marina site: https://www.marinevereinneuss.de/heimboot/