In Service: 1940 to 1947
Ordered:
Builder: Burmester,
Burg-Lesum
Construction No: 2442
Laid down:
Launched: 28 August 1940
Commissioned: 1940
Type: 1937-43 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R25 Class
Displacement: 110 tons standard 126 tons full load
Length: 35.4 m
Beam: 5.55 m
Draft: 1.5 m
Propulsion: 2 × MWM RS 127 Su 6 × cylinder
4 stroke diesel engines producing up to 1,800 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 23.5 knots
Range: 1,100 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 31 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 R153 R-boat (Räumboot) was built in the 1940s by
Burmester
shipyard located in Burg-Lesum, Germany as a minesweeper or escort vessel for the Kriegsmarine.
And which served in the
7.
Räumbootsflottille during the Second World War.
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 R153 is commissioned.
1940
The R-boat R153 becomes operational with the
7.
Räumbootsflottille.
1945
The R-boat R153 serves with the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
1945
The R-boat R153 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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