RA101 minesweeping boats (1943

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RA101 minesweeping boats (1943 - 1945)

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
RA101 - 112	Rasmussen, Svendborg: RA101-112	6 - 11.1943: RA101 - 104 4 - 11.1944: RA105 - 110 1 - 3.1945: RA111, 112	none	United Kingdom, 1946: RA101 (Sparrowhawk), RA103 (Swallow), RA104 (Seagull), RA105 (Mackerel) Soviet Union, 12.1945 - 4.1946: RA102 (...), RA111 (...), RA112 (...) USA, 1946: RA106, RA107, RA109	surrendered 5.1945: RA101 - 112

Names

Builders

Commissioned

Losses

Transfers

Discarding

RA101 - 112

Rasmussen, Svendborg: RA101-112

6 - 11.1943: RA101 - 104

4 - 11.1944: RA105 - 110

1 - 3.1945: RA111, 112

none

United Kingdom, 1946: RA101 (Sparrowhawk), RA103 (Swallow), RA104 (Seagull), RA105 (Mackerel)

Soviet Union, 12.1945 - 4.1946: RA102 (...), RA111 (...), RA112 (...)

USA, 1946: RA106, RA107, RA109

surrendered 5.1945: RA101 - 112

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	RA101 - 105: 70
Displacement full, t	RA101 - 105: 77 RA106 - 112: 85
Length, m	RA101 - 105: 27.4 wl 28.9 oa RA106 - 112: 28.4 wl 30.0 oa
Breadth, m	RA101 - 105: 4.40 RA106 - 112: 4.61
Draught, m	1.45
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MWM diesels
Power, h. p.	714
Max speed, kts	RA101 - 105: 15.5 RA106 - 112: 14.6
Fuel, t	RA101 - 105: diesel oil 5.5 RA106 - 112: diesel oil 6.0
Endurance, nm(kts)	RA101-105: 650(9) RA106-112: 650(8)
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	18

Standard scale images

RA101 1943

Project history

Ships of RA series were built in Denmark (RA101-106) and Norway (RA201-204) and represented variants of standard R-boats with Danish or Norwegian diesels and lightened armament.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service