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LÖWE torpedo boat (1939/1940)

Löwe 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Löwe (ex-Gyller)   125 Marinens Hovedverft, Horten, Norway 1936 7.8.1938 8.1939 // 4.1940 torpedo recovery vessel 1.1942

  

Displacement standard, t

597

Displacement full, t

708

Length, m

72.0 pp 74.3 oa

Breadth, m

7.75

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

12500

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

oil 100

Endurance, nm(kts) 3500(15)

Armament

3 x 1 - 100/37 Bofors M1936, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors M1936, 2 x 2 - 533 TT, 4 DCR, 24 mines

Complement

88

Project history: Former Norwegian torpedo boat of Ægir class. Gyller was captured at Kristiansand 11.4.1940. In January, 1941 boat was converted to torpedo recovery vessel, artillery and TTs were removed, 1 105mm/45, 1 37mm/83 and 2 20mm/65 guns were installed.

Modernizations: 1.1941: had armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38

Naval service: After war Löwe was returned to Norway under former name.

       

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