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VOLKSMARINE (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

R1 minesweeping boats (1944-1945/1950)

R1 1950

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
R1 (ex-SK-486, ex-KT-1014, ex-R254) 811, 1956- 7-61 2861 Burmester, Burg-Lesum, Germany     9.1944 // 5.1950 stricken 1956
R2 (ex-SK-487, ex-KT-1015, ex-R257) 812, 1956- 7-62 2864 Burmester, Burg-Lesum, Germany     10.1944 // 5.1950 stricken 1956
R3 (ex-SK-488, ex-KT-1016, ex-R258) 813, 1956- 7-63 2865 Burmester, Burg-Lesum, Germany     10.1944 // 5.1950 stricken 1956
R4 (ex-SK-489, ex-KT-1017, ex-R270) 814, 1956- 7-64 3026 Burmester, Swinemünde, Germany     2.1945 // 5.1950 stricken 1956

 

Displacement standard, t

140

Displacement full, t

148

Length, m

36.8 wl 39.4 oa

Breadth, m

5.72

Draught, m

1.50 normal 1.61 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

2500

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil 15

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(15)

Armament

4 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, OTSh-1 mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

31

Project history: Former Kriegsmarine R251 class minesweeping boats, received by Soviet Union by reparations and transferred to Seepolzei.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016