Zobel class fast attack craft
- Zobel class fast attack craft
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The Zobel class was replaced by the Type 143A "Gepard" class, they were the last fast attack craft with only torpedoes as main armament, all later classes have anti-ship missiles.
Kartal class FAC of the Turkish Navy is an advanced version of the Zobel class; vessels of this class are armed with Penguin anti-ship missiles and mines in addition to torpedoes.
pecifications
*Length: 42.5m
*Beam: 7m
*Draft: 2.3m
*Displacement: 206t
*Propulsion:
**4 Mercedes-Benz MB-518C diesel engines
**4 propeller shafts
**8225kW total
**Speed: 42kts
*Sensors
**HSA M20 fire control radar
*Armament:
**2 Bofors 40mm gun
**4 533mm torpedo tubes
**Minerails
*Complement:
**4 Officers, 17 NCOs, 18 enlisted
List of ships
In service with the Bundesmarine, the vessels belonged to the "7. Schnellbootgeschwader" (7th Fast attack craft squadron) based in Kiel at the Baltic Sea.
References
* [http://www.schnellboot.net/de/bundesmarine-deutsche-marine/schnellboote/typ-142-zobel-klasse/index.html Schnellboot Typ 142 Zobel-Klasse] @ schnellboot.net (in German)
* [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/germany/fac/zobel/ Type 142 Zobel Class] @ Warships On The Web
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