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S201 torpedo boats (1940)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

S201 - S209 (ex-TM52, TM53, TM63 - TM69)

Gusto, Schiedam: S201 - 209

8-9/1940: S201, 202

cancelled: S203 - S209

Bulgaria, 1942: S201, S202 (S1, S2)

none


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

30.8

Displacement full, t38.3
Length, m

21.4

Breadth, m

6.05

Draught, m

1.14

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Rolls-Royce Merlin petrol engines

Power, h. p.

3300

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

petrol 11

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DCR (6)

Complement

14



Standard scale images


<i>S201</i> 1940
S201 1940


Project history

Boats were built by Gusto under licence of British Power Boat for Dutch Navy as TM52, 53, 63-70; in June, 1940 they were captured on slipways and as S201-210 were included to German fleet list. Only S201 and 202 were commissioned by Kriegsmarine, 6 others were transferred to Romania and 2 to Bulgaria (including one unnumbered).

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.