M5
Country | Germany |
Ship Class | M-class Minesweeper |
Builder | Oderwerke AG |
Yard Number | 788 |
Ordered | 22 Nov 1935 |
Laid Down | 31 Aug 1936 |
Launched | 16 Oct 1937 |
Commissioned | 10 Jan 1939 |
Sunk | 18 Jun 1940 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseGerman minesweeper M5 was completed in Jan 1939. She was lost off Norway in Jun 1940.
Last Major Revision: Jun 2019
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17 Jan 1941 | Harry Hopkins, while at a private dinner party with Scottish officials at the North British Railway Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, pledged American support for Britain. |
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