RA201 minesweeping boats (1943)

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Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
M5401 - 5404 (ex-RA201 - 204)	Mjellem & Karlsen, Bergen: M5401-5404	1943: M5401-5404	none	Norway, 1946: M5402 (...) Soviet Union, 3.1946: M5404 (...)	surrendered 5.1945: M5401 - 5404

Names

Builders

Commissioned

Losses

Transfers

Discarding

M5401 - 5404 (ex-RA201 - 204)

Mjellem & Karlsen, Bergen: M5401-5404

1943: M5401-5404

none

Norway, 1946: M5402 (...)

Soviet Union, 3.1946: M5404 (...)

surrendered 5.1945: M5401 - 5404

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	35
Length, m	25.0
Breadth, m	4.50
Draught, m	1.40
No of shafts
Machinery
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	18 - 22

Standard scale images

nearly sister-ship 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