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S12  

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
S10, 3.1942- V5507, later S10 S11, 3.1942- V5508, later S11 S12, 4.1942- V5504, later S12 S13, 3.1942- V5510, later S13	Lürssen, Vegesack: S10 -13	3-12/1935: S10 - 13	none	USA 1945: S10 (to Norway 1947), S12 (scuttled 2.5.1946) Soviet Union 2.1946: S11 (ТК-1002 [TK-1002]) United Kingdom 1945: S13 (sold)	surrendered 5.1945: S10 - 13

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	76
Displacement full, t	92
Length, m	32.4
Breadth, m	5.06
Draught, m	1.42
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Daimler-Benz MB502 diesels
Power, h. p.	3960
Max speed, kts	35
Fuel, t	diesel oil 10.5
Endurance, nm(kts)	758(22)
Armament	1 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 2 - 533 TT
Complement	18 - 23

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Project history

Torpedo motorboats (Schnellboote) were the development of successful prototype created by F. Lürssen in 1929. General characteristic lines for all series were round-bilge hull with small deadrise, triple-shaft diesel machinery, presence of two auxiliary rudders for creation of "Lürssen effect" (fitting of rudders under an angle to centreline for speed increase) and a bow arrangement of two TTs. Composite hull included light alloy framing, wooden planking and steel engine seating. Boats of early series to beginning of war were considered become outdated and were used for training.

Modernizations

1941, most: - 1 x 1 - 20/65; + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38

1942 - 1943, all: + 6 DCs or mines

Naval service

S11 on reparations was transferred to the USSR.