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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

R1 minesweeping boat (1931)

R1 1931

Names

R1

Builders

Lürssen, Vegesack: R1

Commissioned

1931: R1

Losses

R1 (CTL 24.11.1943)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

~43

Length, m

24.0 wl 24.5 oa

Breadth, m

4.38

Draught, m

1.22 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

700

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

diesel oil 4

Endurance, nm(kts) 800(13)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

15 - 18

Project history: Motor minesweeping boats, or R-boats (Räumboote) were developed for shallow water areas, but actually became multi-purpose ships for operations in inshore waters; besides the basic purpose, they were used as patrol, anti-submarine and rescue ships. The prototype was created by F.Lürssen on the basis of F type minesweeping boat of WWI period.

All had composite hulls. Usage of minesweeping gear was supposed at heaving to 6 on the Beaufort scale.

Modernizations: 1943: - 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/30; + 4 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, DCR, 10 mines (presumably)

Naval service: No significant events.

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