NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
S6	Lürssen, Vegesack: S6	11/1933: S6	none	United Kingdom, 1945: S6	surrendered 5.1945: S6

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	60
Displacement full, t
Length, m	32.4
Breadth, m	5.06
Draught, m	1.36
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 MAN L7 diesels
Power, h. p.	3960
Max speed, kts	32
Fuel, t	diesel oil 10.5
Endurance, nm(kts)	758(22)
Armament	1 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 2 - 533 TT
Complement	12

Standard scale images

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. S6 was first diesel-engined boat and used mainly for trials.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.