In Service: 1940 to 9 May 1942
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 3351
Laid down:
Launched: 28 March 1940
Commissioned: 1940
Type: 1936-42 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R21 Class
Displacement: tons standard 135 tons full load
Length: 37.8 m
Beam: 5.82 m
Draft: 1.51 m
Propulsion: 2 × MWM 6 × cylinder 4 stroke
diesel engines producing up to 1,800 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 20 knots
Range: 900 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 38 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 R45 R-boat (Räumboot) was built in the 1940s by
Abeking
& Rasmussen shipyard located in Lemwerder, Germany as a minesweeper or escort vessel for the Kriegsmarine.
And which served in the
4.
Räumbootsflottille during the Second World War.
1940
The R-boat R45 is commissioned.
1940
The R-boat R45 becomes operational with the
4.
Räumbootsflottille.
9 May 1942
The R-boat R45 is in collision with Raule in the area of
Dunkirk, West of Ambleteuse and subsequently sinks due to
the severity of the damage, R45, is salvaged and returned
to harbour.
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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