SMS M68[a] was a M1916 type minesweeper built for the Imperial German Navy during the First World War. She entered service on 6 October 1917, but was mined and sunk off Latvia on 29 October 1917. The ship was salvaged by Latvia and entered service with the Latvian Navy on 10 November 1921 under the name Virsaitis as its first vessel. She was taken over by the Soviet Navy in August 1940 when the Soviet Union occupied Latvia in August 1940, serving as T-297 and was sunk by a mine on 2 December 1941.
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SMSM68 was a M1916 type minesweeper built for the Imperial German Navy during the First World War. She entered service on 6 October 1917, but was mined...
with its first ship being the former Imperial German minesweeper SMSM68. Previously, M68 had been sunk by a mine off Riga on October 29 1917. She was raised...
during World War I. Other ships of the class are SMS Iltis, SMS Luchs, SMS Tiger, SMS Jaguar and SMS Panther. They were built between 1898 and 1903. All...
Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France by SM U-93 ( Imperial German Navy). SMSM68 Imperial German Navy World War I: The Type 1916 minesweeper struck a mine...
of Moon Sound in 1917, Slava was badly damaged by the German dreadnought SMS König, significantly increasing her draft. The shallow channel made it impossible...
SM UC-62 16 Oct: SMS Eber 17 Oct: USAT Antilles, HMS Mary Rose, Slava, HMS Strongbow 19 Oct: HMS Orama 22 Oct: HMS C32 28 Oct: Redesmere 29 Oct M68 Unknown date:...
SM UC-62 16 Oct: SMS Eber 17 Oct: USAT Antilles, HMS Mary Rose, Slava, HMS Strongbow 19 Oct: HMS Orama 22 Oct: HMS C32 28 Oct: Redesmere 29 Oct M68 Unknown date:...
SM UC-62 16 Oct: SMS Eber 17 Oct: USAT Antilles, HMS Mary Rose, Slava, HMS Strongbow 19 Oct: HMS Orama 22 Oct: HMS C32 28 Oct: Redesmere 29 Oct M68 Unknown date:...
SM UC-62 16 Oct: SMS Eber 17 Oct: USAT Antilles, HMS Mary Rose, Slava, HMS Strongbow 19 Oct: HMS Orama 22 Oct: HMS C32 28 Oct: Redesmere 29 Oct M68 Unknown date:...
SM UC-62 16 Oct: SMS Eber 17 Oct: USAT Antilles, HMS Mary Rose, Slava, HMS Strongbow 19 Oct: HMS Orama 22 Oct: HMS C32 28 Oct: Redesmere 29 Oct M68 Unknown date:...
SM UC-62 16 Oct: SMS Eber 17 Oct: USAT Antilles, HMS Mary Rose, Slava, HMS Strongbow 19 Oct: HMS Orama 22 Oct: HMS C32 28 Oct: Redesmere 29 Oct M68 Unknown date:...