PiLB501 1942
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Names |
PiLB501 - 530; PiLB531, 1946 - LCM531; PiLB532 - 655 |
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Builders |
Bodanwerft, Kressbronn: PiLB501 - 545 Kremer, Elshorn: PiLB546 - 560, 596 - 625 Heyking, Danzig: PiLB561 - 570, 626 - 635 Aussiger Schiffswerft: PiLB571 - 576, 636 - 655 Braun, Speyer: PiLB577 - 583 Weichselwerft, Schröttersburg: PiLB584 - 589 Schlesier Dampfer-Co., Glogau: PiLB590 - 595 |
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Commissioned |
1942: PiLB501 - 504 1943: PiLB505 - 514 1944: PiLB515 - 532, 546 - 552 1945: PiLB533 - 535, 553, 554, 557, 558, 561 - 565 |
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Losses |
cancelled: PiLB542 - 545, 555, 556, 559, 560, 596 - 655 incomplete: PiLB566 - 595 completed for France: PiLB536 (Constance I, 11.1945), PiLB537 - 540 (Constance II - V, 1946) completed mercantile: PiLB541 (1946) PiLB507 (25.3.1944), PiLB508 (31.3.1944), PiLB510 (9.4.1944), PiLB511 (25.3.1944), PiLB512 (7.9.1944), PiLB514 (31.3.1944), PiLB515 (31.3.1944), PiLB516 (31.3.1944), PiLB554 (16.4.1945), PiLB562 (20.4.1945) and may be others |
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Transfers |
United Kingdom: PiLB506 (16.9.1944) Switzerland: PiLB535 (23.4.1945, interned) |
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Discarding |
unknown |
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Displacement standard, t |
34 |
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Displacement full, t |
71 |
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Length, m |
19.7 |
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Breadth, m |
5.70 |
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Draught, m |
1.00 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MWM or Kaelble or Deutz or Vomag or Saurer diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
220 - 240 |
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Max speed, kts |
10.8 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 1.1 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 260(10) |
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Armament |
(1 - 3) 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 | 40 t of cargo or 150 men or 2 trucks |
| 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; boats of 1940 and 1941 types could be used for transportation of Sturmboots (could carry 2-4 units). After war 6 boats of 1941 type were completed for France.
Modernizations: nNone.
Naval service: No significant events.
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