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BUNDESMARINE (WEST GERMANY)

COASTAL FORCES

ZOBEL fast attack craft (torpedo) (1961 - 1963)

Dachs 1965

Zobel 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Zobel P6092   Lürssen, Vegesack   28.1.1961 12/1961 stricken 9.1982
Wiesel P6093   Lürssen, Vegesack   14.3.1961 6/1962 stricken 3.1984
Dachs P6094   Lürssen, Vegesack   10.6.1961 9/1962 stricken 12.1983
Hermelin P6095   Kröger-Werft, Schacht-Audorf   5.8.1961 11/1962 stricken 1.1983
Nerz P6096   Lürssen, Vegesack   5.9.1961 1/1963 hulk 7.1982
Puma P6097   Kröger-Werft, Schacht-Audorf   26.10.1961 12/1962 stricken 12.1981
Gepard P6098   Lürssen, Vegesack   14.4.1962 4/1963 stricken 11.1982
Hyäne P6099   Kröger-Werft, Schacht-Audorf   31.3.1962 5/1963 stricken 6.1984
Frettchen P6100   Lürssen, Vegesack   20.11.1962 6/1963 stricken 8.1983
Ozelot P6101   Lürssen, Vegesack   4.2.1963 10/1963 stricken 1.1984

 

Displacement standard, t

173

Displacement full, t

190

Length, m

39.8 wl 42.6 oa

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 Mercedes-Benz diesels

Power, h. p.

14400

Max speed, kts

43

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(32)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 4 - 533 TT or (2 - 533 TT, mines)

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226 radar

Complement

39

Project history: The Lürssen-designed 'Schnellboot 60', now Type 142, was a modified version of the Type 140/141. They differed from the foregoing classes in having additional superstructure aft of the bridge, which was tested earlier in Geier, a more streamlined bridge and masts of a different shape. A further ten projected boats were not built.

Modernizations: 1971, Wiesel, Dachs, Hermelin, Puma, Frettchen, Ozelot; 1972, Zobel, Nerz, Gepard, Hyäne: - 4 - 533 TT, Decca 1226 radar; + 2 - 533 TT (for Seal wire-guided torpedoes), Kelvin Hughes 14/9, 2x M20 radars (213/219t, 38.5kts max)

Naval service: After service under German flag some boats were transferred to Turkey but no one was commissioned by Turkish navy.

Frettchen 1979

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