Maltese patrol boat P31

Patrol boat P31 at Hay Wharf, Floriana
History
East Germany
NamePasewalk
BuilderPeenewerft shipyard
Laid down12 December 1968
Launched18 June 1969
Commissioned18 October 1969
Decommissioned1990
IdentificationGS05
FateSold to Malta, 1992.
Malta
NameP31
Acquired1 July 1992
Decommissioned2004
FateScuttled as artificial dive site, 25 August 2009
General characteristics
Class and typeKondor I-class minesweeper
Displacement361 tons
Length51.98 m (170 ft 6 in)
Beam7.12 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draft2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
PropulsionMD 40 diesel engines
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement20
Armament1 × quad 14.5 mm gun

Pasewalk (GS05) was a Kondor I-class minesweeper built in East Germany. After the Volksmarine was disbanded just before the reunification of Germany, she was sold to Malta in 1992 and renamed P31 and was used as a patrol boat. After being decommissioned, she was scuttled as a dive site in 2009 off Comino.