In Service: 1944 to 1945
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 3765
Laid down:
Launched: 24 June 1944
Commissioned: 1944
Type: 1937-43 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R25 Class
Displacement: 150 tons standard 155 tons full load
Length: 41.05 m
Beam: 5.8 m
Draft: 1.67 m
Propulsion: 2 × MWM 6 × cylinder 4 stroke
diesel engines producing up to 2,155 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 19.8 knots
Range: 900 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 41 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30 later
carried 1000 rounds
2 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 2000 rounds
10 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: R-boats
Articles:
The R143 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.
1944
The R-boat R143 is commissioned.
1944
The R-boat R143 becomes operational with the
4.
Räumbootsflottille.
1945
The R-boat R143 is seized as a prize of war by the British.
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
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