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Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
FR1 - 12	Lürssen, Vegesack: FR1-12	1938: FR1 - 6 1939: FR7 - 12	FR2 (26.10.1944), FR5 (5/1945), FR6 (6.9.1941), FR8 (5/1945), FR11 (7.10.1944), FR12 (11.10.1941)	none	surrendered 5.1945: FR1, FR3, FR4, FR7, FR9, FR10

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	FR1 - 6: 21 FR7 - 12: 27
Length, m	FR1 - 6: 15.4 FR7 - 12: 17.4
Breadth, m	3.30
Draught, m	FR1 - 6: 0.80 FR7 - 12: 0.85
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Kämper diesels
Power, h. p.	FR1 - 6: 260 FR7 - 12: 300
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	diesel oil 1.0
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	9 - 10

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Project history

Medium (Mittlere Räumboot, MR), small (Kleine Räumboot, KR) and river (Fluß-Räumboot, FR) R-boats were minesweeping boats for service on shallow-water and lake-river areas.

Modernizations

1943, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 20/65; + 1 x 1 - 15/84, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76.

Naval service

No significant events.