# List of minelayer ship classes

This is a list of minelayer ship classes by country

## Australia

* HMAS Bungaree −1 ship in service 1941 to 1946

## China

* Wolei-class minelayer – 1 ship in service from 1988

## Denmark

* Falster-class minelayer – 4 ships (in Danish) all scrapped
* Lindormen-class minelayer – 2 ships (sold to Estonia)

## Finland

* Finnish minelayer Louhi 1 ship in service 1918 to 1945
* Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi 1 ship in service from 1957 to 1994
* Hämeenmaa-class minelayer 2 ships in service from 1992
* Pansio-class minelayer 3 ships in service from 1991
* Finnish minelayer Pohjanmaa 1 ship in service from 1979 to 2013
* Pukkio-class minelayer 3 ships in service from 1947 to 1991
* Ruotsinsalmi-class minelayer 2 ships in service 1940 to 1975
* Teplokhod-class motor minelayer 8 ships 1914 to 1952? ( 3? also used by the Estonian Navy)

## France

* French cruiser Pluton 1 ship in service 1929 to 1939
* Pluton-class minelayer (1912) 2 ships in service 1914 to 1921

## Germany
### Imperial German Navy

* Brummer-class cruiser – 2 ships
* Nautilus-class minelayer – 2 ships
* SMS Deutschland (1914) – 1 ship
* SS Königin Luise (1913) – 1 ship

### Kriegsmarine

* German training ship Bremse – 1 ship
* German training ship Brummer – 1 ship
* Drache – 1 ship (ex Yugoslav)
* Brummer (ii) – 1 ship (ex Norwegian)

## Iran

* Iran Ajr – 1 ship

## Italy
### Regia Marina

* Italian minelayer Fasana – 1 ship
* Azio-class minelayer – 6 ships

## Japan
### Imperial Japanese Navy

Source:
* Hatsutaka-class minelayer – 3 ships
* Japanese minelayer Itsukushima – 1 ship
* Japanese minelayer Kamishima – 1 ship
* Japanese minelayer Minoo – 1 ship
* Natsushima-class minelayer (1933) – 3 ships
* Japanese minelayer Okinoshima – 1 ship
* Japanese minelayer Shirataka
* Sokuten-class auxiliary minelayer (1913) – 13 ships
* MV Tenyo Maru (1935) – 1 ship
* Japanese minelayer Tsugaru – 1 ship
* Japanese minelayer Yaeyama – 1 ship

## Korea (ROK)

* Nampo-class minelayer

## Netherlands

* Douwe Aukes-class minelayer – 2 ships
* Hydra-class minelayer – 2 ships
* Prins van Oranje-class minelayers – 2 ships

## Norway

* HNoMS Frøya – 1 ship
* Vale-class gunboat – 5 ships (4 captured by Germany)
* Glommen-class minelayer – 2 ships (1 captured by Germany)
* HNoMS Olav Tryggvason – 1 ship (captured by Germany)
* Gor-class Former US Navy Auk-class.
** «Brage» ex. USS «Triumph» (1961–1991)
** «Gor»
** «Uller»
** «Tyr»
* Vidar-class Two ships built in Norway.
** HNoMS Vidar (1977–2006) Sold to Latvia in 2006.
** HNoMS Vale (1978–2003) Donated to Latvia in 2003.

## Poland

* ORP Gryf (1936) – 1 ship

## Romania

* NMS Aurora – 1 ship
* NMS Alexandru cel Bun – 1 ship
* NMS Amiral Murgescu – 2 ships
* NMS Regele Carol I – 1 ship
* OMm35-class minelayer – 2 ships (ex Czech)

## Russia (Soviet Union)
### Imperial Russian Navy

* Amur-class minelayer (1898)

### Soviet Navy

* Alesha-class minelayer – 3 ships
* Marti −1 ship (former imperial yacht)

## Spain

* Júpiter-class minelayer – 4 ships

## Sweden

* HSwMS Älvsborg – 1 ship (sold to Chile)
* HSwMS Älvsnabben (M01) – 1 ship
* HSwMS Carlskrona (P04) – 1 ship
* HSwMS Visborg – 1 ship

## Taiwan

* Min Jiang-class minelayer – 4 ships

## Turkey

* Ottoman minelayer Nusret – 1 ship

## United Kingdom

* HMS Abdiel (1915)
* HMS Adventure (M23) 1 ship in service 1922 to 1944
* Abdiel-class minelayer – 6 ships in service 1941 to 1972
* Linnet-class minelayer – 3 ships in service 1938 to 1964
* HMS Plover (M26) – 1 ship in service 1927 to 1969
* HMS Agamemnon (M10)
* HMS Abdiel (N21) – 1967 to 1988

## Yugoslavia

* Silba-class landing ship-minelayer −3 ships (subsequently to Croatia)

## Citations

* ↑ Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, pp. 197–204