In Service: 1941 to 30 March 1944
Ordered:
Builder: Burmester,
Burg-Lesum
Construction No: 2456
Laid down:
Launched: 22 January 1941
Commissioned: 1941
Type: 1937-43 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R25 Class
Displacement: 110 tons standard 126 tons full load
Length: 35.4 m
Beam: 5.55 m
Draft: 1.5 m
Propulsion: 2 × MWM RS 127 Su 6 × cylinder
4 stroke diesel engines producing up to 1,800 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 23.5 knots
Range: 1,100 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 31 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30 later
carried 1000 rounds
2 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 2000 rounds
10 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: R-boats
Articles:
The R161 R-boat (Räumboot) was built in the 1940s by
Burmester
shipyard located in Burg-Lesum, Germany as a minesweeper or escort vessel for the Kriegsmarine.
And which served in the
7.
Räumbootsflottille and
11.
Räumbootsflottille during the Second World War.
1941
The R-boat R161 is commissioned.
1941 between 1944
The R-boat R161 becomes operational with the
7.
Räumbootsflottille and
11.
Räumbootsflottille.
30 March 1944
The R-boat R161 is sunk after being attacked by Allied aircraft,
at 1505 hrs in Livorno industrial harbour.
Position 43° 33N 10° 17E.
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
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