S14 1939
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| S14, 1941- V5509 | 12505 | Lürssen, Vegesack | 23.1.1936 | 6.1936 | sunk 1944 | ||
| S15, 1941- V5511, 1944- S15 | 12510 | Lürssen, Vegesack | 15.2.1936 | 2.1937 | surrendered 5.1945, to USA 1945, to Denmark 7.1947 (T46) | ||
| S16, 1941- V5512, 1944- S16 | 12630 | Lürssen, Vegesack | 7.4.1937 | 12.1937 | surrendered 5.1945, to USSR 2.1946 (ÒÊ-1003 [TK-1003]) | ||
| S17 | 12635 | Lürssen, Vegesack | 29.7.1937 | 3.1938 | damaged 4.9.1939, stricken |
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Displacement standard, t |
92.5 |
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Displacement full, t |
105 |
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Length, m |
34.6 |
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Breadth, m |
5.26 |
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Draught, m |
1.67 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 MAN L11 Zu diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
6150 |
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Max speed, kts |
37.7 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 13.3 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 500(32) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 2 - 533 TT (4) |
| Complement | 18 - 23 |
Project history: Torpedo motorboats (Schnellboote) were the development of successful prototype created by F. Lürssen in 1929. General characteristic lines for all series were round-bilge hull with small deadrise, triple-shaft diesel machinery, presence of two auxiliary rudders for creation of "Lürssen effect" (fitting of rudders under an angle to centreline for speed increase) and a bow arrangement of two TTs. Composite hull included light alloy framing, wooden planking and steel engine seating. Boats of early series to beginning of war were considered become outdated and were used for training.
Modernizations: 1941, most survived: - 1 x 1 - 20/65; + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38
1942 - 1943, all survived: + 6 DCs or mines
late 1942, some: - 1 x 1 - 20/65; + 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30 or 1 x 1 - 40/56 FlaK 28
1943, some: - 1 x 1 - 20/65; + 1 x 2 - 20/65 C/38 or 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38 or 1 x 2 - 15/84
Naval service: S14 was lost in 1944 in La Manche.
S14
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