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S-Boats in the People's Navy (Volksmarine) 1956 - 1990
Small Missile Ship "Tarantul" (Sovjet Projekt 1241 RÄ)
Between 1984 and 1986 five boats of project 1241 RÄ, NATO nick name "Tarantul", were delivered by the Sovietunion to strengthen and to modernise the missile forces. These boats could fire missiles of types P 21 (radar-search) and P 22 (IR-search).
Picture from Mehl/Schäfer: Die andere
deutsche Marine
Technical Data KRS of the
Type Tarantul
"Rudolf Egelhofer" (Picture: Peter Seemann) Specials: After reunification
of the five boats the boat 572 (earlier PtNo 772) - "Rudolf
Egelhofer" was taken over by the German Navy for a short time under
the name "Hiddensee" (P 6166), later it was left to the USA
for trials. Today the boat is at Naval
Museum in Fall River/Ma., USA (also known under The Battleship
Cove). A number of pictures of "Hiddensee" are to be
seen on the homepage of Gurki. Die "Hiddensee" als
Testfahrzeug bei der USN (Foto: Archiv Förderverein) The boat 575 - "Hans
Beimler" is at the hoistoric-technical museum (Historisch-Technisches
Museum in Peenemünde). In spring 2010 it was indiccated that
the boat was to be sold because the
city of Peenemünde did not have the money to maintain it. In sommer
2010 it was said, that the boat should be kept and stay in Peemenmünde.
Early December 2010 it was reportet, that there was a rumor that the
boat was to be given to the Kold Krigs Museum on Langeland as a
present. According to the Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und
Kultur at Schwerin it not only a rumor but the planning of the
province Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Shipyards
Rybinsk, UdSSR
Unit built
5 for GDR
From/to
1984 - 1986
In Commission
1984 - 1990
Displacement
420 t
Length
56,1 m
Beam
11,3 m
Draught
3,9 m
Propulsion
2 battle- and 2 march
turbines each 12000 resp. 4000 HP
Shafts/Propellers
2 - 2
Speed
45 kts
Complement
38
Armament
2 x
Startcontainers for two P 21 and/0r P 22 missiles
1 x Antiair
Missile System for 4 STRELA M
1 x 76-mm Gun AK
176
2 x 6-barrel
30-mm Gatling Gun AK 630
"Hans Beimler" at HTI Peenemünde in fall 2010 - (Picure: Scheuch)
The other three boats were broken up.
Whereabouts of the Boats of Projekt 1241 RÄ
| Boat-No. | Name | Comm. | Decomm. |
Last Hull-Number |
Whereabouts |
| 1241/01 | Albin Köbis | 31.10.84 | 03.10.90 | 571 | broken up 1994 |
| 1241/02 | Rudolf Egelhofer | 16.01.85 | ? | 572 | Museum Fall River, USA |
| 1241/03 | Fritz Globig | 05.10.85 | 03.10.90 | 573 | broken up 1994 |
| 1241/04 | Paul Eisenschneider | 12.02.86 | 03.10.90 | 574 | broken up 1994 |
| 1241/05 | Hans Beimler | 28.10.86 | 03.10.90 | 575 | HTM Peenemünde |