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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

RA101 and RA106 minesweeping boats (1943-1945)

RA101 1943

Names

RA101 - 112

Builders

Rasmussen, Svendborg: RA101-112

Commissioned

6 - 11.1943: RA101 - 104

4 - 11.1944: RA105 - 110

1 - 3.1945: RA111, 112

Losses

none

Transfers

United Kingdom, 1946: RA101 (Sparrowhawk), RA103 (Swallow), RA104 (Seagull), RA105 (Mackerel)

Soviet Union, 12.1945 - 4.1946: RA102 (...), RA111 (...), RA112 (...)

USA, 1946: RA106, RA107, RA109

Discarding

surrendered 5.1945: RA101 - 112

 

Displacement standard, t

RA101 - 105: 70

Displacement full, t

RA101 - 105: 77

RA106 - 112: 85

Length, m

RA101 - 105: 27.4 wl 28.9 oa

RA106 - 112: 28.4 wl 30.0 oa

Breadth, m

RA101 - 105: 4.40

RA106 - 112: 4.61

Draught, m

1.45

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

714

Max speed, kts

RA101 - 105: 15.5

RA106 - 112: 14.6

Fuel, t

RA101 - 105: diesel oil 5.5

RA106 - 112: diesel oil 6.0

Endurance, nm(kts)

RA101-105: 650(9)

RA106-112: 650(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

18

Project history: Ships of RA series were built in Denmark (RA101-106) and Norway (RA201-204) and represented variants of standard R-boats with Danish or Norwegian diesels and lightened armament.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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