In Service: 1935 to 16 August 1944
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 2876
Laid down:
Launched: 14 December 1935
Commissioned: 1935
Type: 1934 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R17 Class
Displacement: tons standard 128 tons full load
Length: 36.9 m
Beam: 5.44 m
Draft: 1.38 m
Propulsion: 2 × MAN 8 × cylinder 4 stroke
diesel engines producing up to 1,836 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 21.2 knots
Range: 900 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 17 men and officers
Armament:
2 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 2000 rounds
12 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: R-boats
Articles:
The R20 R-boat (Räumboot) was built in the 1930s by
Abeking
& Rasmussen shipyard located in Lemwerder, Germany as a minesweeper or escort vessel for the Kriegsmarine.
And which served in the
1.
Räumbootsflottille during World War II.
1935
The R-boat R20 is commissioned.
1937
The R-boat R20 becomes operational with the
1.
Räumbootsflottille.
16 August 1944
The R-boat R20 strikes a German mine and due to the severity
of the damage, sinks with a loss of nine crew members, at
Sylt.
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
For a complete list of
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