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BADAJOZ motor torpedo boat (1930/1937)

Badajoz 1937

Names

Badajoz (ex-S1, ex-W1, ex-UZ(S)16), 4.1939- LT12

Builders

Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany: Badajoz

Commissioned

8/1930 // 3.1937: Badajoz

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

4.1944: LT12

 

Displacement standard, t

40

Displacement full, t

52

Length, m

26.9

Breadth, m

4.37

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Daimler-Benz BFz petrol engines / 1 Maybach S5 petrol engine for cruising

Power, h. p.

2700 / 100

Max speed, kts

34.2 / 6

Fuel, t

petrol 7.1
Endurance, nm(kts) 582(22)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 2 - 533 TT, 3 mines or 6 DCs

Complement 12

Project history: First German "schnellboot" S1, commissioned by Reichsmarine 7.8.1930. In civil war S1 was bought by Spanish Nationalists and transferred to them at Cadiz in March, 1937. Her petrol engines had considerable deterioration and low-level reliability.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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