Zobel-class fast attack craft

Zobel-class fast attack craft
Zobel-class fast attack craft
Class overview
Builders:	Lurssen, Bremen-Vegesack
Operators:	German Navy, Turkish Navy
Preceded by:	Jaguar class fast attack craft
Succeeded by:	Type 143A Gepard class
Built:	1961-63
In commission:	1961-84
Completed:	10
Retired:	10
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat (fast attack craft)
Displacement:	172.5 tonnes standard, 190 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:	42kts max, 39kts max sustained
Range:	700nms at 35knots
Complement:	39 (4 Officers, 17 NCOs, 18 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 142 Zobel class was a German class of torpedo bearing Fast Attack Craft (torpedo boats). They were in service with the Bundesmarine during the Cold War to protect the Baltic sea coast. The class was designed by Lürssen.

The Zobel class was replaced by the Type 143A Gepard class, they were the last fast attack craft with only torpedoes as main armament, all later classes have anti-ship missiles.

Kartal class FAC of the Turkish Navy is an advanced version of the Zobel class; vessels of this class are armed with Penguin anti-ship missiles and mines in addition to torpedoes.

List of ships[]

NATO pennant number	German pennant number	Name	Callsign	Shipbuilder	Com- missioned	Decom- missioned	Fate
P6092	S31	Zobel (Sable)	DBUQ	Lürssen	December 12, 1961	September 7, 1982
P6093	S32	Wiesel (Weasel)	DBUR	Lürssen	June 25, 1962	March 6, 1984	To Turkish Navy
P6094	S33	Dachs (Badger)	DBUS	Lürssen	September 25, 1962	December 6, 1984	To Turkish navy
P6096	S34	Nerz (Mink)	DBUX	Lürssen	January 11, 1963	July 8, 1982
P6098	S35	Gepard (Cheetah)	DBUW	Lürssen	April 18, 1963	November 9, 1982	To Turkish navy
P6100	S36	Frettchen (Ferret)	DBUY	Lürssen	June 26, 1963	August 9, 1983	To Turkish navy
P6101	S37	Ozelot (Ocelot)	DBUZ	Lürssen	October 25, 1963	January 10, 1984	To Turkish navy
P6095	S38	Hermelin (Stoat)	DBUT	Kröger	November 28, 1962	January 12, 1983
P6097	S39	Puma	DBUV	Kröger	December 21, 1962	December 17, 1981	Sold as scrap ^[1]
P6099	S40	Hyäne (Hyena)	DBUU	Kröger	May 10, 1963	June 5, 1984	To Turkish navy

In service with the Bundesmarine, the vessels belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader (7th Fast attack craft squadron) based in Kiel at the Baltic Sea.

References[]

↑ British Military Powerboat Trust, Coastal Forces, Gunboats, Target Boats, High Speed Launches, Motor Gun Boats, Torpedo Boats, Patrol Boats, Seaplane Tenders

Schnellboot Typ 142 Zobel-Klasse @ schnellboot.net (in German)
Type 142 Zobel Class @ Warships On The Web

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[1] British Military Powerboat Trust, Coastal Forces, Gunboats, Target Boats, High Speed Launches, Motor Gun Boats, Torpedo Boats, Patrol Boats, Seaplane Tenders

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