Type 149 Silbermöwe class Fast Attack Craft German Navy

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Type 149 Silbermöwe class Fast Craft

type 149 silbermöwe class fast attacxk craft german navy deutsche marine

Units:

UNIT	name	commissioned	decommissioned	fate
P6052 Silbermöwe	Silver Gull	May 29, 1956	March 15, 1967	to Greece HS Drakon
P6053 Sturmmöwe	Storm Gull	May 29, 1956	March 15, 1967	to Greece HS Delphin
P6054 Wildschwan	Swan	May 29, 1956	March 15, 1967	to Greece HS Polydeykes
P6055 Eismöwe	Glaucous Gull	July 1, 1956	March 15, 1967	to Greece HS Phoenix
P6056 Raubmöwe	Skua	July 1, 1956	March 15, 1967	to Greece HS Polikos
P6057 Seeschwalbe	Sea Swallow	April 16, 1957	January 31, 1964	used as a test boat until mid 1970's

Specifications:

Builder:
Lürssen Shipbuilding, Bremen-Vegesack, Germany

Displacement: 109 tonnes
Length: 35,4 meters (116 feet 2 inches)
Beam: 5,1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Draft: 1,8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Crew: 19
Speed: 43 knots (80 km/h), max.

Range:
900 nautical miles (1670 km) at 34 knots (63 km/h)

Propulsion:
3 x Mercedes-Benz MB518 diesel engines (2500 hp, each)
(Seeschwalbe had 3 Maybach engines)
3 shafts / 3 propellers

Armament:
2 x Hispano-Suiza 20mm twin guns (later 1)
1 x Bofors 40mm AA gun (later, instead of the aft 20mm)
2 x 533mm (21") torpedo tubes for heavy weight torpedoes (added later)
the aft 2 torpedo tubes can be exchanged with 2 x ramps for up to 23 Mk.12 naval mines
4 x depth charges

Systems:
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