In Service: 1940 to 1949
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 3375
Laid down:
Launched: 7 August 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 R52 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
1.
Räumbootsflottille and
4.
Räumbootsflottille during the Second World War.
And after the surrender of Germany was employed in the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA) which was controlled
by the allies.
1940
The R-boat R52 is commissioned.
1940
The R-boat R52 becomes operational with the
1.
Räumbootsflottille.
1940
The R-boat R52 becomes operational with the
4.
Räumbootsflottille.
25 February 1944
The R-boat R52 is attacked by Allied aircraft at 2000 hrs
in Dieppe harbour and is severely damaged.
Position 49° 56N 01° 05E.
1944
The R-boat R52 is stricken from naval records.
1945
The R-boat R52 serves with the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
1947
The R-boat R52 is seized as a prize of war by the USA.
1949
The R-boat R52 is transferred to the US Army BPE.
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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