In Service: 1941 to 1951
Ordered:
Builder: Burmester,
Burg-Lesum
Construction No: 2468
Laid down:
Launched: 23 August 1941
Commissioned: 1941
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 R173 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 World War II.
And after the capitulation of the Third Reich was employed in the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA) which was controlled
by the allies.
1941
The R-boat R173 is commissioned.
1941
The R-boat R173 becomes operational with the
7.
Räumbootsflottille.
1945
The R-boat R173 serves with the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
1 December 1945
The R-boat R173 is seized as a prize of war by the Danish.
1945
The R-boat R173 is renamed MR173.
1951
The MR173 is 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
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