Albatros class fast attack craft
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 Albatros class boats, S63 Geier in the foreground. The third one is a Gepard class boat. |
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: | German Navy |
| In commission: | 1976–2005 |
| Completed: | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 398 tonnes |
| Length: | 57.8 m (189 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 13.235 kW |
| Speed: | 40 knots (74 km/h) |
| Complement: | 40 |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
• Decoy launcher HOT DOG • Chaff launcher DAG 2200 Wolke |
| Armament: | • 2 × OTO-Melara 76 mm guns • 4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles • 2 × torpedo tubes (not used) |
The Type 143 Albatros class was a German class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft. Each vessel is named after a bird of prey.
S61—S65 were part of the 2. Schnellbootgeschwader (Fast attack craft squadron), and S66—S70 belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader. Both squadrons were based in Warnemünde.
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| NATO pennant number |
German pennant number |
Name | Call sign | Com- missioned |
Decom- missioned |
Status |
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| P6111 | S61 | German fast attack craft Albatros (S61) | DRBU | November 1, 1976 | March 24, 2005 | |
| P6112 | S62 | German fast attack craft Falke (S62) | DRBV | April 13, 1976 | December 16, 2004 | |
| P6113 | S63 | German fast attack craft Geier (S63) | DRBW | July 2, 1976 | September 29, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 507 Himilcon[1] |
| P6114 | S64 | German fast attack craft Bussard (S64) | DRBX | August 14, 1976 | March 24, 2005 | |
| P6115 | S65 | German fast attack craft Sperber (S65) | DRBY | September 27, 1976 | July 4, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 506 Hamilcar |
| P6116 | S66 | German fast attack craft Greif (S66) | DRBZ | November 25, 1976 | July 4, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 505 Hannon |
| P6117 | S67 | German fast attack craft Kondor (S67) | DRCA | December 17, 1976 | December 16, 2004 | |
| P6118 | S68 | German fast attack craft Seeadler (S68) | DRCB | March 28, 1977 | September 29, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia 508 Hannibal |
| P6119 | S69 | German fast attack craft Habicht (S69) | DRCC | December 23, 1977 | December 13, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 509 Hasdrubal |
| P6120 | S70 | German fast attack craft Kormoran (S70) | DRCD | July 18, 1977 | December 13, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 510 Giscon |
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