"Pferdeboot.04" type personnel landing craft (1904 - 1915) (P.B.9 L.N.1)
Pferdeboot 24
Names |
P.B.9 L.N.1 - 65 |
Builders |
Schloßwerft R. Holtz, Harburg or Stülcken, Hamburg or Reiherstiegwerft, Hamburg: P.B.9 L.N.1-65 |
Commissioned |
1904-1909: P.B.9 L.N.1 - 13 1909: P.B.9 L.N.14 1914: P.B.9 L.N.15, 16, 31 - 38 1915: P.B.9 L.N.17 - 30, 39 - 65 |
Losses |
unknown |
Transfers |
unknown |
Discarding |
unknown |
Displacement normal, t |
14 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
10.5 |
Breadth, m |
3.40 |
Draught, m |
0.60 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 petrol engine |
Power, h. p. |
30 |
Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
Fuel, t |
petrol 18 l |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 20(13.5) |
Armament |
none |
Military load | 10 t of cargo or 70 men or 10 horses |
Complement | 2 |
Project history: First German landing craft, operated by Army.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014