In Service: 1940 to 1945
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 3393
Laid down:
Launched: 25 October 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 R58 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 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 R58 is commissioned.
1940
The R-boat R58 becomes operational with the
5.
Räumbootsflottille.
9 September 1941
The R-boat R58 is sunk after colliding with a mine, West
of Kronstadt.
Position 59° 59N 29° 45E.
1943
The R-boat R58 is refloated and refitted and then recommissioned.
1945
The R-boat R58 serves with the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
20 December 1945
The R-boat R58 is seized as a prize of war by the Russians.
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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