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S-Boot Klasse 142 ("Zobel")
Technical Data
| Shipyards | Lürssen and Kröger |
| Units built | 10 |
| from/to | 1960 - 1963 |
| Commissioned from/to | 1961 - 1984 |
| Displacement | 190 t |
| Length | 42,5 m |
| Beam | 7,1 m |
| Draught | 2,2 m |
| Propulsion | 4 x MB 518 C (each 3000 HP), |
| Shafts/Propellers | 4 - 4 |
| Speed | 42 kts |
| Complement | 39 (4 Off, 2 Chiefs, 13 Pettis, 20 Ratings |
| Armament | 4 x Torpedotubes |
| 2 x 40 mm Guns Borfors/L 70 | |
| Mines | |
| After retrofit | 2 x rear-torpedotubes (wireguided SEAL) |
| 2 x 40 mm/L70 Bofors (radarcontolled) | |
| M 20 Firecontrol System |
Torpedotube Pinsch-Bamag - Picture: Archives Förderverein
Torpedotube Pisch-Bamag - Picture: Archives Förderverein
Torpedotargetingpillar with tube-targeting-apparatus RZA 5 b - Picture: Archives Förderverein
Firing of an Exercise-Torpedo from tube III - Picture: Archives Förderverein
40 mm Bofors L 70 MEL - Picture: Archives Förderverein
Left: Bottommine G2 (DM 61), right: Anchormine (DM 11) - Picture: Archives Förderverein
Before the boats were
fitted with firmly installed equipment for Electronic Warfare (EW), i.e.
radar warning systems (Electronic Support Measures - ESM-equipment),
the boats had portable radar-warning-receivers TRACER (VR-2), which in
S-Band with ±
Data-Sheet portable radar-observing-receiver TRACER /VR-2) - Picture: Föreningen T 121 Spica Vänner
Specials
The boats were built with an ABC-citadel.
Later the boats were retrofitted with a Nedinsco- plotting table, a true motion-radar, an optical gyrocontrolled gun- targetting and ESM (Radar-Search) equipment by ELTRO.
Retrofitted in 1970 to 1972, thereafter wireguided torpedoes and M 20 Firecontrol System.
"Nerz" carried out trials for different missiles 1963 - 1969.
S-Boat Class 142 mod ("Zobel")
S-Boat Class 142 mod in the Baltic