In Service: 1945 to 1945
Ordered:
Builder: Burmester,
Swinemünde
Construction No: 3025
Laid down:
Launched: 8 March 1945
Commissioned: 1945
Type: 1937-43 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R25 Class
Displacement: 140 tons standard 148 tons full load
Length: 39.35 m
Beam: 5.72 m
Draft: 1.61 m
Propulsion: 2 × MWM RS 127 Su 6 × cylinder
4 stroke diesel engines producing up to 2,550 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 22.5 knots
Range: 1,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 40 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 1000 rounds
6 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 2000 rounds
12 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: R-boats
Articles:
The R269 R-boat (Räumboot) was built in the 1940s by
Burmester
shipyard located in Swinemünde, Germany as a minesweeper or escort vessel for the Kriegsmarine.
And which served in the
5.
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.
1945
The R-boat R269 is commissioned.
1945
The R-boat R269 becomes operational with the
5.
Räumbootsflottille.
1945
The R-boat R269 serves with the
German Mine Sweeping Administration (GMSA).
20 December 1945
The R-boat R269 is seized as a prize of war by the Russians.
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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