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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

COASTAL FORCES

L3 motor patrol boats (1917)

Names

L3, 4, 1917- LM3, 4

Builders

Naglo-Werft, Zeuthen (Berlin): L3, 4

Commissioned

1917: L3, 4

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1919: LM3, 4

 

Displacement normal, t

6

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

14.6

Breadth, m

2.40

Draught, m

1.08

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Maybach CX petrol engines

Power, h. p.

630

Max speed, kts

27.8

Fuel, t

petrol 1.2
Endurance, nm(kts) 180(30)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.9/79

Complement 7

Project history: Competitive design to LM1, to the same specifications, but built by the Naglo yard.

Modernizations: 1917, both: + 1 - 450 TT (bow)

Naval service: No significant events.

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