In Service: 1932 to 3 January 1940
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 2721
Laid down:
Launched: 18 June 1932
Commissioned: 1932
Type: 1930-33 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R1 Class
Displacement: tons standard 46.2 tons full load
Length: 26.5 m
Beam: 4.38 m
Draft: 1.58 m
Propulsion: 2 × MWM RS 127 Su 6 × cylinder
4 stroke diesel engines producing up to 714 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 19.5 knots
Range: 800 nautical miles at 13 knots
Crew: 18 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 2000 rounds
4 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30 later
carried 4000 rounds
10 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Reichsmarine, Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: R-boats
Articles:
The R5 R-boat (Räumboot) was built in the 1930s by
Abeking
& Rasmussen shipyard located in Lemwerder, Germany as a minesweeper or Escort vessel for the Reichsmarine which became later known as the Kriegsmarine
And which served in the
5.
Räumbootsflottille during the Second World War.
1932
The R-boat R5 is commissioned.
1939
The R-boat R5 becomes operational with the
5.
Räumbootsflottille.
3 January 1940
The R-boat R5 is sunk in the Baltic off Stolpmünde after
suffering ice damage and being stranded.
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
For a complete list of
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