Albatros class fast attack craft

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Albatros class boats, S63 Geier in the foreground. The third one is a Gepard class boat.
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Albatros class boats, S63 Geier in the foreground. The third one is a Gepard class boat.

The Type 143 Albatros class was a German class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft.

[edit] Specifications

[edit] List of ships

NATO
pennant
number
German
pennant
number
Name Callsign Com-
missioned
Decom-
missioned
State
P6111 S61 Albatros DRBU November 1, 1976 March 24, 2005
P6112 S62 Falke DRBV April 13, 1976 December 16, 2004
P6113 S63 Geier DRBW July 2, 1976 decommissioned
P6114 S64 Bussard DRBX August 14, 1976 March 24, 2005
P6115 S65 Sperber DRBY September 27, 1976 July 4, 2005 Sold to Tunisia, 506 Hamilcar
P6116 S66 Greif DRBZ November 25, 1976 July 4, 2005 Sold to Tunisia, 505 Hannon'
P6117 S67 Kondor DRCA December 17, 1976 December 16, 2004
P6118 S68 Seeadler DRCB March 28, 1977 decommissioned
P6119 S69 Habicht DRCC December 23, 1977 December 13, 2005 Sold to Tunisia, Hasdrubal
P6120 S70 Kormoran DRCD July 18, 1977 December 13, 2005 Sold to Tunisia, Giscon

The boats are named after the birds of prey.

S61—S65 were part of the 2. Schnellbootgeschwader (Fast attack craft squadron), and S66—S70 belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader. Both squadrons were based in Warnemünde.

[edit] See also

Ship classes of the Deutsche Marine
Destroyers 101A Hamburg | 103B Lütjens
Frigates and Corvettes 122 Bremen | 123 Brandenburg | 124 Sachsen | F125 | 130 Braunschweig
Fast Attack Craft 143 Albatros | 143A Gepard | 148 Tiger
Mine warfare 332 Frankenthal | 333 Kulmbach | 352 Ensdorf | 742A Mühlhausen
Submarines 205B | 206A | 212A
Auxiliary ships 404 Elbe | 423 Oste | 441 Gorch Fock | 520 Barbe | 702 Berlin | 703 Walchensee | 704 Rhön | 720 Helgoland | 721 Eisvogel | 722 Wangerooge | 760 Westerwald


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