In Service: 1942 to 1977
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 3433
Laid down:
Launched: 11 April 1942
Commissioned: 1942
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 R99 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
8.
Räumbootsflottille during the Second World War.
And after the capitulation of the Third Reich was employed in the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA),
United
States Labour Service Unit C (LSU-C) and
United
States Labour Service Unit B (LSU-B) which were controlled
by the allies.
1942
The R-boat R99 is commissioned.
1942
The R-boat R99 becomes operational with the
8.
Räumbootsflottille.
1945
The R-boat R99 serves with the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
26 November 1947
The R-boat R99 is seized as a prize of war by the USA.
1948
The R-boat R99 serves with the
United
States Labour Service Unit C (LSU-C) as the US 23 Panther.
28 May 1948
The US 23 Panther is sold to Ostdeutsche Dampfsch AG in Hamburg,
as the Rhine tug Panther.
15 September 1953
The Panther serves with the
United
States Labour Service Unit B (LSU-B) as the USN 148.
30 October 1956
The USN 148 is renamed to Algol whilst serving with the German
Federal Navy (Bundesmarine).
28 April 1961
The Algol is used as an accommodation vessel WBRVIII.
1970
The WBRVIII is transferred to the Duisburg naval fellowship
as the Graf Spee.
1977
The Graf Spee is 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
sources
