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VOLKSMARINE (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

TÜMMLER-1 patrol boats (1954-1956)

Tümmler 1 1960

Names

Tümmler 1-12

Builders

Yachtwerft, Berlin: Tümmler 1-12

Commissioned

1954: Tümmler 1-6

1956: Tümmler 7-12

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1963: Tümmler 1, 3, 5-8

1964: Tümmler 2, 12

1965: Tümmler 4, 10, 11

1966: Tümmler 9

 

Displacement standard, t

35

Displacement full, t

38

Length, m

22.6

Breadth, m

4.10

Draught, m

1.28

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Tümmler 1-6: 2 Jumo 205C diesels

Tümmler 7-12: 2 IFA-Horch EM-6-20 diesels

Power, h. p.

Tümmler 1-6: 600

Tümmler 7-12: 250

Max speed, kts

Tümmler 1-6: 19

Tümmler 7-12: 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

Tümmler 1-6: 550(12)

Tümmler 7-12: 550(8)

Armament

2 x 2 - 12.7/79

Sensors

none

Complement

9

Project history: Small patrol boats.

Modernizations: 1962, all: + Zarnitsa radar

Naval service: In 1962 all were transferred to Board Guard and received 'G' numbers.

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