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A river motor patrol boat (1919/1933)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

A (ex-UZ(S)15, ex-LM23)

Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany: A

1919 // 9.1933: A

none

none

late 1940s: A



Technical data


Displacement normal, t

7

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

16.0

Breadth, m

2.40

Draught, m

0.68

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Mercedes-Benz petrol engines

Power, h. p.

780

Max speed, kts

31.8

Fuel, tpetrol 1200 l
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 7.9/79

Complement7


Standard scale images


<i>nearly sister-boat LM17</i> 1918
nearly sister-boat LM17 1918


Project history

Former German MTBs of LM type. Torpedoes were landed, and boats were used as fast patrol and landing crafts on rivers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.