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REICHSMARINE / KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

COASTAL FORCES

UZ(S)16 motor torpedo boat (1930)

S1 1932

Names

UZ(S)16, 3.1931- W1, 3.1932- S1

Builders

Lürssen, Vegesack: UZ(S)16

Commissioned

8/1930: UZ(S)16

Losses

none

Transfers

Spain, 3.1937: S1 (Badajoz)

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

40

Displacement full, t

52

Length, m

26.9

Breadth, m

4.37

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Daimler-Benz BFz petrol engines / 1 Maybach S5 petrol engine for cruising

Power, h. p.

2700 / 100

Max speed, kts

34.2 / 6

Fuel, t

petrol 7.1
Endurance, nm(kts) 582(22)

Armament

unarmed, since 1933: 1 x 1 - 13.2/80, 2 - 533 TT

Complement 12

Project history: First Lürssen-designed MTB, received (later) S- number. Composite round bilge hull (light alloy frames, wooden planking and steel engine seatings). Seaworthy and manoeuvrable boat.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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