In Service: 1942 to 6 April 1944
Ordered:
Builder: Burmester,
Burg-Lesum
Construction No: 2512
Laid down:
Launched: 21 August 1942
Commissioned: 1942
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 R192 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
11.
Räumbootsflottille during the Second World War.
1942
The R-boat R192 is commissioned.
1942
The R-boat R192 becomes operational with the
11.
Räumbootsflottille.
6 April 1944
The R-boat R192 is sunk after being engaged by two British
motor gunboats (MGBs), at 0205 hrs West of Cecina.
Position 45° 39N 10° 29E, 7 crew lost.
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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