In Service: 1941 to 14 June 1944
Ordered:
Builder: Abeking
& Rasmussen, Lemwerder
Construction No: 3412
Laid down:
Launched: 21 May 1941
Commissioned: 1941
Type: 1936-42 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R21 Class
Displacement: tons standard 135 tons full load
Length: 37.8 m
Beam: 5.82 m
Draft: 1.51 m
Propulsion: 2 × MWM 6 × cylinder 4 stroke
diesel engines producing up to 1,800 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 20 knots
Range: 900 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 38 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 R73 R-boat (Räumboot) was built in the 1940s 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.
1941
The R-boat R73 is commissioned.
1941
The R-boat R73 becomes operational with the
1.
Räumbootsflottille.
14 June 1944
The R-boat R73 is sunk after hitting a German mine at 2321
hrs in the Gulf of Finland.
Position 57° 36' 5N 27° 13' 2E, 1 crew lost.
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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