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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

MR18 minesweeping boat

MR18 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
MR18 (ex-R18)   2874 Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany     8.1935 // --- never commissioned, BU 1947

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

120

Length, m

36.9

Breadth, m

5.44

Draught, m

1.30 normal 1.38 deep load

No of shafts

2 Voith-Schneider

Machinery

2 MAN diesels

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil 10.8

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 1 - 86 R Ag M42/43 rocket launcher, DCR, 12 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

27

Project history: Former German R17 class R-boat, received from Allies. Boat was in very bad technical condition and was never commissioned by Danish Navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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