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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

KR1 minesweeping boats (1938)

KR1 1938

Names

KR1 - 3

Builders

Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder: KR1, 2

Roland-Werft, Hemelingen: KR3

Commissioned

1938: KR1-3

Losses

unknown

Transfers

none

Discarding

1946: presumably all

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

KR1, 2: 11.3

KR3: 13.3

Length, m

13.0 wl 13.5 oa

Breadth, m

KR1, 2: 3.44

KR3: 3.48

Draught, m

KR1, 2: 0.90 normal 0.99 deep load

KR3: 0.91 normal load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

KR1, 2: 2 Kämper diesels

KR3: 2 Deutz diesels

Power, h. p.

KR1, 2: 170

KR3: 150

Max speed, kts

KR1, 2: 10

KR3: 12

Fuel, t

diesel oil 0.6

Endurance, nm(kts) KR3: 175(12)

Armament

mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

MR1 - 4: 6

MR7: 8

Project history: Medium (Mittlere Räumboot, MR), small (Kleine Räumboot, KR) and river (Fluß-Räumboot, FR) R-boats were minesweeping boats for service on shallow-water and lake-river areas.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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