Die Schnellboot-Seite
S-Boats in the Kriegsmarine 1935 - 1945
S-Boats - Technical Data
"S 6" - "S 13"
| Shipyards | Lürssen | ||
| Length | 32,40 m | ||
| Bream | 5,06 m | ||
| Draught | 1,36 m | ||
| Displacement | 80/95 ts | ||
| Propulsion "S7" - "S9" | 3 x MAN L7 Diesel engines 960/1320 HP | ||
| Propulsion "S10" - "S13" | 3 x Daimler-Benz MB 502 Diesel engines 1200/1300 HP | ||
| Speed | 36,5 kts | ||
| Complement | 17 - 21 | ||
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The Commandcentre was in front of the bridge.
Modell of "S 10" (built by M. Gembalies) - Picture: K. Scheuch
"S 9" and "S 11" in a harbour in the Baltic - Picture:Archives Förderverein
According the magazine Strandgut Nr. 49 the passenger steamship "Kommandøren" (543 BRT, built 1891), laid up after a stranding, was sunk in the harbour of Bergen/Norway by a torpedo hit on 29.03.1945. The firing was caused by a drunken crewmember of a German S-boat (supposedly "S 13").
The true story is described under:
| S-Boat-Types | Organization | Pictures | |
| War Zones | Bearers of Knights Cross | Losses of S-Boots | Whereabouts of the S-Boats |