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S-Boats in the Kriegsmarine 1935 - 1945
S-Boats - Technical Data
"S 601" - "S 604"
The Italian navy occupied 1941 the Jugoslavian boats ("Orjen", "Velebit", "Dinara", "Triglav", "Suvobur", "Rudnik", "Kamakcalan", and "Durmitor") which Lürssen had built and delivered on basis of the German type "S 2" to "S 5" in 1937. The boats were changed slightly in the dimensions length, beam, draught, ans displacement. Main difference was the 40 mm gun. The 40mm-gun and the two 15mm/36-guns, however, were removed and substituted by two 20mm-guns. The boats got the designations "MS 41" through "MS 46", "MAS 511" and "MAS 542" ("Orjen" and "Suvobur").
After the Italian capitulation the boats came into posession of Kriegsmarine. They were made operational - as far as possible - and commissioned as " S 601" - "S 604" resp. "S 511". "S 512" was weary and was never commissioned. The boats were assigned to the 24. SFltl in the Adriatic Sea. Sparepart problems concerning the main engines caused the boats to be only little operational.
| S 601 | ex ital. MS 42 | ex jugosl. "Velebit" |
| S 602 | ex ital. MS 43 | ex. jugosl. "Dinara" |
| S 603 | ex ital. MS 44 | ex jugosl. "Triglav" |
| S 604 | ex ital. MS 46 | ex jugosl. "Rusnik" |
| S 511 | ex ital. MAS 522 | ex jugosl. "Orjen" |
| S 512 | ex ital. MAS 542 | ex jugosl. "Suvobur" |
"S 2" - (Drawing from Connelly/Krakow: Schnellboot in action)
"MS 11" - Drawing from Fock: Schnellboote Bd. 2
| Shipyard | Lürssen | ||
| Length | 28,00 m | ||
| Bream | 4,46 m | ||
| Draught | 1,51 m | ||
| Displacement | 60 ts | ||
| Propulsion | 3 x Daimler-Benz 12 cylinder fourstroke gasoline engines 800/950 HP; 1 x 100 HP March engine 6 cylinder Maybach | ||
| Speed | 34 kts | ||
| Complement | 10 | ||
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MAS 30 (later "MAS 30" (ex "Orjen") 1942 later "MAS 522", in the KM "S 511" - Picture: Regia Marina
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