S601 1943
Names |
S601 (ex-MS42, ex-MAS4D, ex-Velebit), S602 (ex-MS43, ex-MAS5D, ex-Dinara), S603 (ex-MS44, ex-MAS6D, ex-Triglav), S604 (ex-MS46, ex-MAS8D, ex-Rudnik), MS41 (ex-MAS3D, ex-Orjen) |
Builders |
Lürssen, Vegesack: S601 - 604, MS41 |
Commissioned |
1936 // 12.1943: S601, MS41 1936 // 1.1944: S602 1937 // 1.1944: S603 |
Losses |
S604 - incomplete S603 (14.3.1944), MS41 (28.9.1944) |
Transfers |
none |
Discarding |
9.1944: S601, 602 |
Displacement standard, t |
51 |
Displacement full, t |
61 |
Length, m |
28.0 |
Breadth, m |
4.46 |
Draught, m |
1.51 |
No of shafts |
3 |
Machinery |
3 Daimler-Benz BF2 petrol engines / 1 Maybach S5p\ petrol engine for cruising |
Power, h. p. |
3000 / 100 |
Max speed, kts |
33 / 7 |
Fuel, t |
petrol 5.8 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 950(7) |
Armament |
S601 - 603: 2 x 1 - 20/65 M1940, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DCR (12) S604: 1 x 1 - 40/56 FlaK 28, 1 x 1 - 15/84, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DCR (12) |
Complement |
19 |
Project history: Former Yugoslavian MTBs, built under drawings of German MTB S2, but with petrol engines. In April, 1941 they were captured by Italians and commissioned by them; in September, 1943 they were again captured by Germans. S604 was badly damaged on trials and never commissioned. Ex-MS41 was commissioned by RSI navy.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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