In Service: 1940 to 4 January 1954
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 3408
Laid down:
Launched: 11 September 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 R55 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
5.
Räumbootsflottille and
17.
Räumbootsflottille during World War II.
And after the capitulation of the Third Reich was employed in the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA) which was controlled
by the allies.
1940
The R-boat R55 is commissioned.
1940
The R-boat R55 becomes operational with the
5.
Räumbootsflottille.
1944
The R-boat R55 becomes operational with the
17.
Räumbootsflottille.
1945
The R-boat R55 serves with the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
1947
The R-boat R55 is seized as a prize of war by the USA.
24 June 1948
The R-boat R55 is sold to K Kuss of Oldenburg as the floating
restaurant Stadt Oldenburg.
3 December 1951
The R-boat R55 is sold to the Federation of German scouts
at Bremerhaven as living accommodation.
4 January 1954
The R-boat R55 is sold to Lemwerder to be cannibalised and
broken up, and scrapped.
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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