Destroyer Sized Craft
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Schichau |
| In commission: | 1941–1944 |
| Completed: | 15 |
| Lost: | 11 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Flottentorpedoboot 1939 (Elbing-class) |
| Displacement: | 1,755 long tons (1,783 t) maximum |
| Length: | 102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) o/a 97 m (318 ft 3 in) w/l |
| Beam: | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 3.22 m (10 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Wagner geared turbines, 32,560 shp 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km) at 19 kn (35 km/h) |
| Complement: | 205 |
| Armament: | • 4 × 105 mm (4 in) guns • 4 × 37 mm guns • 9 × 20 mm guns • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes • 50 mines |
The German Navy had several torpedo boat classes with displacements between 1,000 and 1,300 tons (for example the Mowe class Fleet Torpedo boats and Torpedo boat type 35). They sat between torpedo-equipped fast attack boats, known to the Allies as E-boats and the destroyers. In 1939, the Germans started work on new designs that were a response to the weaknesses of earlier designs. These "Fleet Torpedo Boats" (Flottentorpedoboot) were large, 1,755 tons, and more able as escorts and for anti-aircraft defence as well as torpedo attacks and they were comparable in most respects to some of the British destroyer classes. They were all laid down during the war.
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