| Albatros-class fast attack craft | |
|---|---|
 Albatros class boats, S63 Geier in the foreground. The third one is a Gepard class boat. | |
| Class overview | |
| Operators: |
 German Navy,  Tunisia Navy,  Ghana Navy |
| In service: | 1976–2005 |
| In commission: | 1976–1977 |
| Completed: | 10 |
| Retired: | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 398 tonnes |
| Length: | 57.8 m (189 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 13.235 kW |
| Speed: | 40 knots (74 km/h) |
| Complement: | 40 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
• Decoy launcher HOT DOG • Chaff launcher DAG 2200 Wolke |
| Armament: |
• 2 × OTO-Melara 76 mm guns • 4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles • 2 × torpedo tubes (not used) |
The Type 143 Albatros class was a German class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft. Each vessel is named after a bird of prey including the albatross, condor and cormorant.
S61—S65 were part of the 2. Schnellbootgeschwader (Fast attack craft squadron), and S66—S70 belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader. Both squadrons were based in Warnemünde.
In July 2010, it was reported that Ghana had purchased two vessels from Germany.[1]
List of ships[]
| NATO pennant number |
German pennant number |
Name | Call sign | Com- missioned |
Decom- missioned |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P6111 | S61 | Albatros | DRBU | November 1, 1976 | March 24, 2005 | |
| P6112 | S62 | Falke | DRBV | April 13, 1976 | December 16, 2004 | |
| P6113 | S63 | Geier | DRBW | July 2, 1976 | September 29, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 507 Himilcon |
| P6114 | S64 | Bussard | DRBX | August 14, 1976 | March 24, 2005 | |
| P6115 | S65 | Sperber | DRBY | September 27, 1976 | July 4, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 505 Hamilcar |
| P6116 | S66 | Greif | DRBZ | November 25, 1976 | July 4, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 506 Hannon |
| P6117 | S67 | Kondor | DRCA | December 17, 1976 | December 16, 2004 | |
| P6118 | S68 | Seeadler | DRCB | March 28, 1977 | September 29, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia 508 Hannibal |
| P6119 | S69 | Habicht | DRCC | December 23, 1977 | December 13, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 509 Hasdrubal[2] |
| P6120 | S70 | Kormoran | DRCD | July 18, 1977 | December 13, 2005 | Sold to Tunisia, 510 Giscon[2] |
References[]
- "Schnellboot ALBATROS-Klasse" (in German). Deutsche Marine. http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKOD_RxAcmB2d5mIfqRcNGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFAIJ8Bfw!/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMjNfUVBK?yw_contentURL=%2F01DB070000000001%2FW2699FV5210INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
- ↑ http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=186997
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "S 69 HABICHT und S 70 KORMORAN jetzt unter tunesischer Flagge" (in German). Deutsche Marine. http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKODwzwAsmB2d5mIfqRcNGglFR9X4_83FR9b_0A_YLciHJHR0VFABW2ZCA!/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMjNfUVBK?yw_contentURL=%2F01DB070000000001%2FW26K3AHM579INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
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