PiLB2 1940
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Names |
PiLB1 - 24; PiLB51 - 70; PiLB91 - 128 |
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Builders |
Rolandwerft, Hemelingen / Bodanwerft, Kressbronn: PiLB1 Bodanwerft, Kressbronn: PiLB2 - 24 Meidericher Werft: PiLB51 - 54; PiLB66 - 68 Berninghaus, Köln: PiLB55 - 61 Berninghaus, Duisburg: PiLB62, 63 Bausch, Köln: PiLB64, 65 Übigau, Dresden: PiLB69, 70 Kremer, Elmshorn: PiLB91 - 100 Ruthof, Mainz: PiLB101 - 110 MAN, Gustavsburg: PiLB111 - 118 J. Braun, Speyer: PiLB119 - 122 Ebert, Neckarsteinach: PiLB123 - 126 Spatz, Germersheim: PiLB127, 128 |
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Commissioned |
1940: PiLB1 - 4 1941: PiLB5 - 19, 22, 51 - 70, 101, 102, 111 - 128 1942: PiLB20, 21, 23, 24, 103 - 110 |
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Losses |
PiLB91 - 100: cancelled PiLB1 (1/1942), PiLB8 (1.6.1942), PiLB54 (18.5.1943), PiLB57 (17.8.1943), PiLB59 (7.8.1943), PiLB60 (16.10.1943), PiLB61 (13.8.1943), PiLB66 (17.5.1943), PiLB67 (15.8.1943), PiLB101 (11.8.1943), PiLB102 (6.5.1943), PiLB103 (9.7.1943), PiLB104 (6.5.1943), PiLB124 (6.5.1943), PiLB125 (6.5.1943) and m. b. others |
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Transfers |
Soviet Union: PiLB63 (18.12.1943) |
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Discarding |
unknown |
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Displacement standard, t |
20 |
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Displacement full, t |
29 |
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Length, m |
15.00 |
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Breadth, m |
4.65 |
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Draught, m |
0.72 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MWM or Daimler-Benz diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
84 or 90 |
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Max speed, kts |
8 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 1.6 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 390(7.5) |
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Armament |
(1 - 2) x 1 - 7.9/79 or 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38 or 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30 or 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38 |
| Military load | 20 t of cargo or 100 men |
| Complement | 7 |
Project history: Engineer troops landing boats (Pionierlandungsboot) intended for transportation of troops and light vehicles. They were created on the basis of horse landing craft (Pferdboote) of WWI period. Boats were arranged by a bow ramp.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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