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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

"H-Fähre 40" type medium landing ferries (1940)

M.F.1 1940

Names

14 units

Builders

Sonderkommando Siebel, Antwerp: 14 units

Commissioned

1940: 14 units

Losses

unknown

Transfers

unknown

Discarding

unknown

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

18.0

Breadth, m

11.5 - 12.6

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

3 + 2 air propellers

Machinery

3 Ford + 2 BMW petrol engines

Power, h. p.

234 + 1320 = 1554

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

petrol

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30

Military load

35 t of cargo

Complement

14

Project history: Medium landing ferries built on the basis of pontoons of Herbert-type floating bridge.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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