R boat
The R boats (Räumboote in German, literally "clearing boats", meaning minesweepers) were a group of small naval vessels built as minesweepers for the Kriegsmarine (German navy) before and during the Second World War. They were used for several purposes during the war, and were also used post-war by the German Mine Sweeping Administration for clearing naval mines.
Aldebaran class R boat | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Räumboote or Minenräumboote |
| Builders | Abeking & Rasmussen |
| Operators | |
| Subclasses | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Displacement | 160 t (max) |
| Length | 41.1 m (134 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2x MAN diesel engines; 1,836 hp |
| Speed | 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 1,100 NM (2,000 km) |
| Complement | up to 38 |
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Twenty-four boats were transferred back to the post-war German Navy (the Bundesmarine) in 1956 and remained in service until the late 1960s.
In 1954, the Indonesian Navy ordered 10 ships of a modified R-boat design (the Pulau Rau-class) from Abeking & Rasmussen in West Germany.
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