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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

COASTAL FORCES

S151 motor torpedo boats (1941-1942)

Names

S151 - S158 (ex-TM54 - TM61)

Builders

Gusto, Schiedam: S151 - 158

Commissioned

12.1941: S151

3-9/1942: S152 - S158

Losses

S151 (CTL 26.7.1944), S153 (12.6.1944), S154 (22.1.1945)

Transfers

Bulgaria, 1942: S155 - S158 (S5 - S8)

Discarding

surrendered 5.1945: S152

 

Displacement standard, t

56

Displacement full, t

68

Length, m

28.0

Breadth, m

4.46

Draught, m

1.51

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Daimler-Benz MB500 diesels

Power, h. p.

2850

Max speed, kts

37.1

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7.3

Armament

(1 - 2) x 1 - 20/65 C/38, (1 - 6) - 7.9/79, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DCR (6)

Complement

19

Project history: Built by Gusto for Dutch Navy as TM54-61; in June, 1940 they were captured on slipways on low readiness stages. 6.8.1940 the decision on completion for German Navy was accepted, on the sample of Bulgarian boats, but with a forecastle.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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