Die Schnellboot-Seite
S-Boats in the Kriegsmarine 1935 - 1945
S-Boats - Technical Data
"S 601" - "S 604"
Taken from the Italian navy as war loot with the designations:
| 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" |
The boats were designed and built by Lürssen. Basis was type "S 2" of the Reichsmarine.
Because of the heavier armament (high mounted 40 mm gun) the dimensions of "S 2" were slightly changed.
"S 2" - (Drawing from Connelly/Krakow: Schnellboot in action)
| Shipyard | Lürssen | ||
| Length | 27,70 m | ||
| Bream | 4,30 m | ||
| Draught | 1,55 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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In the Mediterranean several Italian S-boats fell into the hands of the Kriegsmarine after the It alian capitulation on 09.09.1943. Most of them were cannibalized as spare part stocks, however, the 19 most modern boats formed the 24. SFltl. "S 512" was never commissioned.
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