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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

COASTAL FORCES

S1 motor torpedo boat (1939)

S1 1939

Names

S1 (ex-F3)

Builders

Lürssen, Vegesack: S1

Commissioned

9.1939: S1

Losses

none

Transfers

Bulgaria, 8.1941: S1 (F3)

Discarding

none

 

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

Endurance, nm(kts) 350(30)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 2 - 533 TT

Complement

19

Project history: One of five boats built on Bulgarian order under drawings of German MTB S2. Boat was requisitioned 29.9.1939 and commissioned by Kriegsmarine.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: In August, 1941 S1 was transferred to Bulgaria as No3.

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