NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Strahl	P6194		Vosper, Portsmouth, UK	1961	10.1.1962	11/1962	to Greece 4.1967 (Astrapi)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	97
Displacement full, t	102
Length, m	29.6 pp 30.2 oa
Breadth, m	7.30
Draught, m	2.10
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Proteus gas turbines
Power, h. p.	10500
Max speed, kts	55
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 4 - 533 TT
Electronic equipment	Decca 1226 radar
Complement	22

Standard scale images

Project history

Pfeil and Strahl designated as the Type 153. These two hard-chine planing boats were ordered 22 August 1960 as experimental units for comparative tests. Strahl was of the British Brave type, while Pfeil was of the improved Ferocity type. Both boats had their gas turbine exhausts situated in the stern.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

After trials boat was handed over to the Greek Navy as military aid.