R414

R-boat

Service Data

In Service: 1945 to 1945

Production Data

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Launched: 1945
Commissioned: 1945

Technical Data

Type: 1937-43 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R25 Class

Displacement: 140 tons standard 150 tons full load
Length: 35.4 m
Beam: 5.55 m
Draft: 1.65 m
Propulsion: 2 × MWM RS 127 Su 6 × cylinder 4 stroke diesel engines producing up to 2,800 ehp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 25 knots
Range: 1,100 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 37 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
2 × 8.6 cm rocket launchers
12 mines
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Operators: Kriegsmarine
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Other: R-boats
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History

The R414 R-boat (Räumboot) was built in the 1940s by Germany as a minesweeper or escort vessel for the Kriegsmarine.

And which served in the 2. Räumbootsflottille and 9. Räumbootsflottille during the Second World War.

Career

1945
The R-boat R414 is commissioned.

1945
The R-boat R414 becomes operational with the 2. Räumbootsflottille.

1945
The R-boat R414 becomes operational with the 9. Räumbootsflottille.

1 December 1945
The R-boat R414 is seized as a prize of war by the Russians.

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Sources

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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