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      RA-56      

Country: Germany.
Class, [Type]: RA-51, [MSB].

Builder: De Vries Lentsch, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Commission date: 10 December 1940.
Decommission date: 29 August 1944.

Displacement ( tons ): 51,3 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 23 x 4,5 x 1,3.
Main machinery: 2 x Kromhout diesels ( 220 hp ).
Range ( miles ): 1250 at 10 knots.
Speed ( knots ): 12.
Complement: 12.

Guns: 1 x 1 37mm, 3 x 1 20mm.
Anti-mine equipment: Sweeps.
Comment: RA-54 former Dutch mine-sweeping ship MvXII. Was zahavchen German troops on the stocks of the shipyard. Later rebuilt and joined the KM. Initially, 10 December 1940 received number R-206. In December 1941, the RA-54, in April 1944, the G-3183, in August 1944, the SM-223. August 29, 1944 sunk in Varna. Position 43°11N 28°41E.

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Similar units:
Kriegsmarine  RA-51
Kriegsmarine  RA-52
Kriegsmarine  RA-54
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