In Service: 1937 to 5 April 1954
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 2978
Laid down:
Launched: 28 October 1937
Commissioned: 1937
Type: 1936-42 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R21 Class
Displacement: tons standard 123 tons full load
Length: 37 m
Beam: 5.77 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: 23.1 knots
Range: nautical miles at knots
Crew: 27 men and officers
Armament:
6 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 6000 rounds
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: R-boats
Articles:
The R22 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 the Second World War.
1937
The R-boat R22 is commissioned.
1937
The R-boat R21 becomes operational with the
1.
Räumbootsflottille.
13 October 1947
The R-boat R22 is seized as a prize of war by the USA.
17 June 1948
The R-boat R22 is sold to J Knecht of Bremen, named as Ostfresland
III.
18 March 1952
The Ostfresland III is is renamed Twist.
5 April 1954 The Twist is again sold but this time,
broken up and cannibalised.
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
sources
