Seeadler-class fast attack craft

Kondor in 1967
Class overview
NameSeeadler class
BuildersLurssen, Bremen-Vegesack
Operators
Preceded byJaguar class
Succeeded byZobel class
In commission1958–1976
Completed10
Retired10
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo boat (fast attack craft)
Displacement183.4 tonnes standard, 210 tonnes full load
Length42.6 m (139 ft 9 in)
Beam7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draught2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 Maybach MD 871 diesel engines, 3000 PS each (replaced by MD 872 engines with 3600 PS in the late 1960s)
  • 4 propeller shafts, driving three-bladed propellers of 1.15 m diameter
  • Bunker: 30 t diesel, 1.12 t lubricants, 2 t fresh water
Speed
  • 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) cruise
  • 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) max (later around 43.5kts )
Range700 nautical miles (1,300 km; 810 mi) at 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement39 officers and enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Navigation radar, Surveillance radar
Armament

The Type 141 Seeadler-class fast attack craft differs from Type 140 Jaguar-class fast attack craft only in the installation of other, later more powerful diesel engine.

The Seeadler class was replaced in service with the Bundesmarine by the Type 143 Albatros class.