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Virsaitis in Latvian service
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SMS M68German Empire
NameSMS M68
BuilderA.G. Neptun, Rostock
Launched25 July 1917
Commissioned6 October 1917
FateSunk 29 October 1917
History
SMS M68Latvia
NameVirsaitis
AcquiredSalvaged 1919
Commissioned10 November 1921
FateSeized by USSR August 1940
History
SMS M68Soviet Union
NameT-297
FateSunk 2 December 1941
General characteristics
Class and typeM1916 type minesweeper
Displacement553 t (544 long tons) deep load
Length59.30 m (194 ft 7 in) o/a
Beam7.40 m (24 ft 3 in)
Draught2.2–2.3 m (7 ft 3 in – 7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion2 shaft reciprocating steam engines, 2 coal-fired boilers, 1,850 ihp (1,380 kW)
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement40
Armament
  • 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 naval guns
  • 30 naval mines

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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