In Service: 1943 to 19 August 1944
Ordered:
Builder: Burmester,
Burg-Lesum
Construction No: 2801
Laid down:
Launched: 24 July 1943
Commissioned: 1943
Type: 1937-43 Type R-boat/Räumboot
Class: R25 Class
Displacement: 140 tons standard 148 tons full load
Length: 39.35 m
Beam: 5.72 m
Draft: 1.61 m
Propulsion: 2 × MWM RS 127 Su 6 × cylinder
4 stroke diesel engines producing up to 2,550 ehp
Propellers: 2 × Voith-Schneider
Speed: 22.5 knots
Range: 1,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 40 men and officers
Armament:
1 × 3.7 cm L/83 SK C/30
carried 1000 rounds
6 × 2 cm MG L/65 C/30
carried 2000 rounds
12 mines
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: R-boats
Articles:
The R218 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
4.
Räumbootsflottille and
10.
Räumbootsflottille during World War II.
1943
The R-boat R218 is commissioned.
1943
The R-boat R218 becomes operational with the
4.
Räumbootsflottille.
1944
The R-boat R218 becomes operational with the
10.
Räumbootsflottille.
19 August 1944
The R-boat R218 is sunk after engaging with British motor
torpedo boats (MTBs), in the Channel, near Cape Antifer.
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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