In Service: 1940 to 1957
Ordered:
Builder: Burmester,
Burg-Lesum
Construction No: 2444
Laid down:
Launched: 3 October 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 R155 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 R155 is commissioned.
1940
The R-boat R155 becomes operational with the
7.
Räumbootsflottille.
1945
The R-boat R155 serves with the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
1 December 1945
The R-boat R155 is seized as a prize of war by the Danish.
1945
The R-boat R155 is renamed MR155.
1951
The MR155 is renamed Bognaes.
1957
The Bognaes is stricken from naval records.
1961
The Bognaes is transferred to N J Nomikos of Piraeus as the
motor ferry, Faethon.
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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