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LT21 motor torpedo boats (1942-1943/1943)

LT21 1943

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Núm 21 (ex-S124), 11.1943- LT21     Schlichting, Travemünde, Germany   6.3.1943 4.1943 // 7.1943 stricken 6.1956
Núm 22 (ex-S134), 11.1943- LT22     Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany   1943 5.1943 // 7.1943 stricken 6.1956
Núm 23 (ex-S73), 11.1943- LT23     Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany   1941 2.1942 // 8.1943 stricken 6.1956
Núm 24 (ex-S78), 11.1943- LT24     Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany   1942 6.1942 // 8.1943 stricken 6.1955
Núm 25 (ex-S125), 11.1943- LT25     Schlichting, Travemünde, Germany   3.4.1943 5.1943 // 8.1943 stricken 6.1955
Núm 26 (ex-S126), 11.1943- LT26     Schlichting, Travemünde, Germany   8.5.1943 6.1943 // 8.1943 stricken 11.1957

 

Displacement standard, t

96

Displacement full, t

115

Length, m

34.9

Breadth, m

5.28

Draught, m

1.67

No of shafts

3

Machinery

Núm23, 24: 3 Daimler-Benz MB501 diesels

Núm21, 22, 25, 26: 3 Daimler-Benz MB511 diesels

Power, h. p.

Núm23, 24: 6000

Núm21, 22, 25, 26: 7500

Max speed, kts

Núm23, 24: 39

Núm21, 22, 25, 26: 41

Fuel, t

diesel oil 13.5

Endurance, nm(kts) 700(35)
Armour, mm Núm21, 22, 25, 26: CT: 12 - 10

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 - 533 TT (4), 2 DCR (6), 6 mines

Complement

24

Project history: Former German MTBs of S38 class. They were bought by Spain in May, 1943 and received by Spanish crews at Bordeaux  31/7 and 28.8.1943.

Ship protection: S100 and later boats had armoured CT and bridge.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

LT23 1948

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