Type 153 Pfeil Strahl class Fast Craft German Navy

German Navy - Deutsche Marine
Type 153 Brave / Ferocity class Fast Craft

type 153 brave ferocity class fast craft torpedo boat german navy deutsche marine

Units:

UNIT	name	commissioned	decommissioned	fate
P6193 Pfeil	Arrow	June 27, 1962	September 30, 1965	sold to Greece Ailos / P-19
P6194 Strahl	Beam	November 2, 1962	September 30, 1965	sold to Greece Astrapi / P-20

Specifications:

P6193 Pfeil

Builder:
Vosper & Company, Portchester, U.K.

Class: Ferocity class (UK)
Displacement: 85 tonnes
Length: 27,6 meters (90 feet 6 inches)
Beam: 7,3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Draft: 2 m (6 ft 6 in)
Crew: 20
Speed: 50 knots, max. (93 km/h)

Propulsion:
2 x Bristol Proteus gas turbines (3178 kW / 4260 hp, each)
2 shafts / 2 propellers (36" / 91,4 cm)

Armament:
2 x Bofors 40mm gun
4 x 21" (533mm) torpedoes on dropping racks

P6194 Strahl

Builder:
Vosper & Company, Portchester, U.K.

Class: Brave class (UK)
Displacement: 101 tonnes
Length: 30,3 meters (99 feet 5 inches)
Beam: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draft: 1,8 m (5 ft 10 in)
Crew: 20
Speed: 50 knots, max. (93 km/h)

Propulsion:
3 x Bristol Proteus gas turbines (3178 kW / 4260 hp, each)
3 shafts / 3 propellers (36" / 91,4 cm)

Armament:
1 x Bofors 40mm gun
4 x 21" (533mm) torpedoes on dropping racks

West Germany ordered two fast patrol boats for trial purposes (although not identical in construction, both were designated as Type 153) from Vospers on 22 August 1960.
The first, Strahl (P6194) was based on the Brave class, with three Proteus gas turbines, while Pfeil (P6193) was based on the smaller Ferocity with two Proteus.
Armament was the same convertible combination of Bofors 40 mm guns and torpedoes as the Brave class, with the option of replacing the torpedoes with eight mines. They were transferred to Greece in 1967.

images

p6193 fgs pfeil type 153 class fast craft torpedo boat german navy

P6193 Pfeil

p6194 fgs strahl type 153 class fast craft torpedo boat german navy

P6194 Strahl

| seaforces.org | German Navy start page |