Seeadler class fast attack craft - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Type 141 Seeadler class fast attack craft differs from Type 140 Jaguar class fast attack craft

Jaguar class fast attack craft

The Type 140 Jaguar class fast attack craft is an evolution of the German torpedo boats of World War II. The design was developed by Lürssen and designated Schnellboot 55. The 20 boats that were built for the German Navy were in Service from 1959 to 1976...

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Diesel engine

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The Seeadler class was replaced in service with the Bundesmarine by the Type 143 Albatros class

Albatros class fast attack craft

The Type 143 Albatros class was a German class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft. Each vessel is named after a bird of prey including the albatross, condor and and cormorant....

List of boats

NATO pennant number Pennant number In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...	German pennant number	Name	Callsign	Shipbuilder	Launched	Com- missioned	Decom- missioned	Fate
P6068	S6	Seeadler	DBWE	Lürssen Lürssen Lürssen is a German shipbuilding company based in Bremen-Vegesack.Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels...	February 1, 1958	August 29, 1958	July 30, 1976	To Hellenic Navy Hellenic Navy The Hellenic Navy is the naval force of Greece, part of the Greek Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy has its roots in the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independence... as Esperos (decommissioned December 21, 2004)
P6069	S7	Albatros				January 27, 1959	December 19, 1975	To Hellenic Navy, for cannibalization Cannibalization of machine parts Cannibalization of machine parts, in maintenance of mechanical or electronic systems with interchangeable parts, refers to the practice of removing parts or subsystems necessary for repair from another similar device, rather than from inventory, usually when resources become limited...
P6070	S8	Kondor				February 24, 1959	July 25, 1976	To Hellenic Navy as Lailaps
P6071	S9	Greif				March 3, 1959	April 30, 1976	To Hellenic Navy as Kyklos
P6072	S10	Falke				April 14, 1959	August 26, 1975	To Hellenic Navy as Kataigis
P6073	S11	Geier				June 3, 1959	June 27, 1975	To Hellenic Navy as Tyfon
P6074	S25	Bussard				March 21, 1959	November 28, 1975	To Hellenic Navy, for cannibalization
P6075	S26	Habicht				May 21, 1959	August 24, 1976	To Hellenic Navy as Kataurus
P6076	S27	Sperber				July 1, 1959	December 27, 1976	To Hellenic Navy, for cannibalization
P6077	S28	Kormoran				November 9, 1959	November 26, 1976	To Hellenic Navy as Scorpius

List of boats

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