The Type 142 Zobel class was a German

Germany

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 class of torpedo

Torpedo

The modern torpedo is a self-propelled missile weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with it or in proximity to it.The term torpedo was originally employed for...

 bearing Fast Attack Craft

Fast Attack Craft

Fast Attack Craft are small, fast, agile and offensive warships, that are armed with anti-ship missiles, guns or torpedoes. These are usually operated in close proximity to land as they lack both the sea-keeping and all-round defensive capabilities to survive in blue water. The size of the vessel...

 (torpedo boat

Torpedo boat

A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other large, slow and...

s). They were in service with the Bundesmarine during the Cold War

Cold War

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 to protect the Baltic sea coast. The class was designed by Lürssen

Lürssen

Lürssen is a German shipbuilding company based in Bremen-Vegesack.Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels...

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The Zobel class was replaced by the Type 143A Gepard class

Gepard class fast attack craft

The Type 143A Gepard class is Germany's last class of missile bearing fast attack craft and the only one still in service with the German Navy since 1990.It is an evolution of the Type 143 Albatros class...

, they were the last fast attack craft with only torpedoes as main armament, all later classes have anti-ship missile

Anti-ship missile

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Kartal class

Kartal class

The Kartal class is one of the fast attack missile and torpedo boat classes of the Turkish Navy.The vessels of this class were built by Lürssen Werft in Germany, and were based on the Zobel class...

 FAC of the Turkish Navy

Turkish Navy

The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...

 is an advanced version of the Zobel class; vessels of this class are armed with Penguin

Penguin missile

The Penguin anti-ship missile , made by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of Norway from the early 1970s and continually upgraded since, is a passive-IR seeker based short-to-medium range naval guided missile...

 anti-ship missile

Anti-ship missile

Anti-ship missiles are guided missiles that are designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea-skimming type, many use a combination of inertial guidance and radar homing...

s and mines

Naval mine

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, an enemy vessel...

 in addition to torpedoes.

List of ships

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	Com- missioned	Decom- missioned	Fate
P6092	S31	Zobel (Sable)	DBUQ	Lürssen Lürssen Lürssen is a German shipbuilding company based in Bremen-Vegesack.Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels...	December 12, 1961	September 7, 1982
P6093	S32	Wiesel (Weasel)	DBUR	Lürssen	June 25, 1962	March 6, 1984	To Turkish Navy Turkish Navy The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...
P6094	S33	Dachs (Badger)	DBUS	Lürssen	September 25, 1962	December 6, 1984	To Turkish navy
P6096	S34	Nerz (Mink)	DBUX	Lürssen	January 11, 1963	July 8, 1982
P6098	S35	Gepard (Cheetah)	DBUW	Lürssen	April 18, 1963	November 9, 1982	To Turkish navy
P6100	S36	Frettchen (Ferret)	DBUY	Lürssen	June 26, 1963	August 9, 1983	To Turkish navy
P6101	S37	Ozelot (Ocelot)	DBUZ	Lürssen	October 25, 1963	January 10, 1984	To Turkish navy
P6095	S38	Hermelin (Stoat)	DBUT	Kröger	November 28, 1962	January 12, 1983
P6097	S39	Puma	DBUV	Kröger	December 21, 1962	December 17, 1981	Sold as scrap
P6099	S40	Hyäne (Hyena)	DBUU	Kröger	May 10, 1963	June 5, 1984	To Turkish navy

In service with the Bundesmarine, the vessels belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader (7th Fast attack craft squadron) based in Kiel

Kiel

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 at the Baltic Sea

Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...

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