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SPERBER catapult vessel (1938)

Sperber 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sperber SP11 726 Stülcken, Hamburg 1938 1938 26.11.1938 surrendered 5.1945, floating crane 1949

 

Displacement standard, t

1086

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

70.3

Breadth, m

14.6

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

2 Voith-Schneider propellers

Machinery

2 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

640

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 700(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 1 18-t catapult, seaplane (Do 18)

Complement

34

 

Project history: Vessel for launching of heavy flying boats, arranged by 18t crane.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1949 Sperber was converted to floating crane and transferred to mercantile service. The further fate is unknown.

 

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