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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

"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.

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