Jaguar-class fast attack craft

Jaguar-class fast attack craft
Schnellboot Jaguar class in the early 1960s
Class overview
Builders:	Lurssen, Bremen-Vegesack
Operators:	German Navy, Turkish Navy
Succeeded by:	Zobel class fast attack craft
Subclasses:	Type 141 Seeadler fast attack craft
Built:	1957-1960
In commission:	1958-76
Completed:	20
Retired:	20
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat (fast attack craft)
Displacement:	183.4 tonnes standard, 210 tonnes full load
Length:	42.6 m
Beam:	7.1 m
Draught:	2.3 m
Propulsion:	4 Mercedes-Benz MB 518 B diesel engines, 3000PS each 4 propeller shafts, driving three-bladed propellers of 1.15m diameter Bunker: 25t fuel, 1.12t lubricants, 2t fresh water
Speed:	42 kn (78 km/h) max, 39 kn (72 km/h) max sustained
Range:	700 nmi (1,300 km)s at 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement:	39 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	Navigation radar, Surveillance radar
Armament:	2 Bofors 40mm gun, 3168 rounds of ammunition 4 533mm torpedo tubes, 4 torpedoes Minelaying capabilities: The aft 2 torpedo tubes can be exchanged with 2 ramps for 23 naval mines Mk 2 4 depth charges

The Type 140 Jaguar class fast attack craft is an evolution of the German torpedo boats (E boats) of World War II. The design was developed by Lürssen and designated Schnellboot 55. The 20 boats that were built for the German Navy were in Service from 1959 to 1976. Then the Jaguar class boats were replaced in service with the Bundesmarine by the Type 148 Tiger class fast attack craft.

The Jaguar class Boats were relatively well suited for high sea action. In NATO strategy it was their duty to intercept landing operations in the Baltic Sea, prevent transfers of ships of the Soviet Union and keep the transatlantic supply lines open through the North Sea.

The Type 141 Seeadler fast attack craft differs from the Type 140 only in the model of engine.

List of boats

NATO pennant number	German pennant number	Name	Com- missioned	Decom- missioned	Fate
P6059	S1	Jaguar	November 16, 1957	June 22, 1973	sold to private shipyard
P6058	S2	Iltis	December 19, 1957	January 31, 1975	Used as target ship, then to Turkish Navy for cannibalization
P6062	S3	Wolf	February 12, 1958	March 21, 1975	To Turkish Navy as P335 Kalkan
P6061	S4	Luchs	March 27, 1957	December 1, 1972	sold to private company
P6060	S5	Leopard	May 20, 1958	May 28, 1973	sold to private shipyard
P6065	S12	Löwe	February 5, 1959	April 25, 1975	To Turkish Navy as P332 Kilic
P6066	S13	Fuchs	March 17, 1959	July 13, 1973	sold to private shipyard
P6067	S14	Marder	July 7, 1959	June 22, 1972	sold to private shipyard
P6082	S15	Weihe	October 28, 1959	July 5, 1972	To France as target ship, sunk
P6083	S16	Kranich	December 19, 1959	November 2, 1973	Museum ship in Bremerhaven, scrapped 2006
P6085	S17	Storch	March 12, 1960	March 29, 1974	To Turkish Navy as P331 Tufan
P6087	S18	Häher	April 5, 1960	December 15, 1974	To Turkish Navy as P333 Mizrak
P6088	S19	Elster	July 8, 1960	July 19, 1974	sold to private shipyard
P6089	S20	Reiher	August 15, 1960	August 21, 1973	To Turkish Navy, for cannibalization?
P6091	S21	Dommel	February 4, 1961	March 22, 1974	sold to private shipyard
P6090	S22	Pinguin	March 28, 1961	December 14, 1972	To Turkish Navy as P336 Karayel
P6063	S23	Tiger	October 15, 1958	December 20, 1974	To Turkish Navy as P334 Yildiz
P6064	S24	Panther	December 12, 1958	March 1, 1973	sold to private shipyard
P6084	S29	Alk	January 14, 1960	August 6, 1974	To Turkish Navy, for cannibalization?
P6086	S30	Pelikan	March 30, 1960	May 31, 1974	To Turkish Navy, P330 Firtina

References

Gardiner, Robert (ed.) (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130.  Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261. 

• Schnellboot Typ 140 Jaguar-Klasse @ schnellboot.net