In Service: 1937 to 1945
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 2977
Laid down:
Launched: 17 November 1937
Commissioned: 1937
Type: 1936-42 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R21 Class
Displacement: tons standard 123 tons full load
Length: 37 m
Beam: 5.77 m
Draft: 1.38 m
Propulsion: 2 × MAN 8 × cylinder 4 stroke
diesel engines producing up to 2,200 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 23.1 knots
Range: nautical miles at knots
Crew: 27 men and officers
Armament:
6 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 6000 rounds
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: R-boats
Articles:
The R21 R-boat (Räumboot) was built in the 1930s by
Abeking
& Rasmussen shipyard located in Lemwerder, Germany as a minesweeper or escort vessel for the Kriegsmarine.
And which served in the
1.
Räumbootsflottille during World War II.
And after the capitulation of the Third Reich was employed in the
United
States Labour Service Unit B (LSU-B) which was controlled
by the allies.
1937
The R-boat R21 is commissioned.
1937
The R-boat R21 becomes operational with the
1.
Räumbootsflottille.
1945
The R-boat R21 serves with the
United
States Labour Service Unit B (LSU-B).
1945
The R-boat R21 is seized as a prize of war by the British
and is broken up and scrapped.
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
For a complete list of
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