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    The R boats (Räumboote in German, literally "clearing boats", meaning minesweepers) were a group of small naval vessels built as minesweepers for the...
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  • The Germans also transported 10 S-boats (Schnellboote) and 23 R-boats (Räumboote) via the Danube and built armed barges and KTs (Kriegstransporter, literally...
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  • navy) before and during the Second World War. The name comes from German: Räumboote, lit. 'clear-boat'. Sasha-class minesweepers, a class of minesweepers...
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    after more than a year of almost constant action with German E-boats, räumboote (R-boats) and armed trawlers along the coast of the English Channel prior...
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