Gepard class fast attack craft
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| Gepard class fast attack craft | |
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 S79 Wiesel of the German Navy |
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| General characteristics |  |
| Displacement: | 391 tonnes |
| Length: | 57.60 m |
| Beam: | 7.80 m |
| Draft: | 2.60 m |
| Speed: | more than 40 knots |
| Complement: | 35 |
The Type 143A Gepard class is Germany's last class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft (FAC, Schnellboot in German) and the only one still in service with the Deutsche Marine (German Navy since 1990).
It's an evolution of the Type 143 Albatros class. It's planned that Gepard class vessels will gradually be supplemented by Braunschweig class corvettes from 2008 on and later be replaced by a new class of corvettes around 2015.
[edit] Specifications
- Propulsion: 13.235 kW
- Armament:
- 1 OTO-Melara 76mm gun
- 4 MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles
- 1 GDC Rolling Airframe Missile launcher, 21 cells
- Mine laying capability
- Countermeasures:
- Complement: 35
[edit] List of ships
| NATO pennant number |
Name | Call sign |
Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| P6121 | S 71 Gepard | DRCE | December 7, 1982 |
| P6122 | S 72 Puma | DRCF | February 17, 1983 |
| P6123 | S 73 Hermelin | DRCG | April 28, 1983 |
| P6124 | S 74 Nerz | DRCH | July 14, 1983 |
| P6125 | S 75 Zobel | DRCI | September 28, 1983 |
| P6126 | S 76 Frettchen | DRCJ | December 16, 1983 |
| P6127 | S 77 Dachs | DRCK | March 22, 1984 |
| P6128 | S 78 Ozelot | DRCL | May 25, 1984 |
| P6129 | S 79 Wiesel | DRCM | July 12, 1984 |
| P6130 | S 80 Hyäne | DRCN | November 13, 1984 |
The boats are named after big cats and other mammal predators. The "S" and the number are part of the ship's full name i.e the "S 71 Gepard". When the ships were first commissioned, they were originally numbered (eg just "S 71"); however the crews petitioned for full names, and the decision was made to combine the original names with the additional animal name.
Since 1 July 2006, all FPBs are part of the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader (7th Fast Patrol Boat Squadron), whereas for the 8 years previously the flotilla was split into (hulls S 76—S 80) 2. Schnellbootgeschwader (2nd Fast Patrol Boat Squadron), and a smaller (hulls S 71—S 75) 7. Schnellbootgeschwader. The squadron is stationed in Warnemünde, where both predecessor squadrons were also based.
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