S-boots

[Erich]

there were several Allied heavy armed ships that were poked by Schnellbooten as I have all the lists from Freiburg ........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Add to that plenty of merchant shipping

Exactly that was not there main mission to attack capital ships but to compliment the U-Boot arm and go after merchant shipping.

 

[mosquitoman]

early version of an S-Boot, it doesn't have an armoured cupola

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Nice model.

 

[mosquitoman]

Thanks

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Did you build it?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Here are several designs for German S-Boote that never materialized but interesting none the less. All this info including pictures is taken from http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine

Kleinstschnellboot Projekt

Dimensions
Length (Total): 14,2 m
Beam: 3,0 m
Draft: 1,2 m

Weapons
2 cm MG: 5
1,3 cm Machine Guns: 1
86 mm Rocket Launcher: 4
45 cm Torpedo tubes: 2
Depth Charges 10

Engines
Shafts: 3
Engines: 3
Type: Piston engines

Performance
Total Performance: 2100 hp
Speed: 47 kn (loaded); 50 kn (unloaded)

Tragflügelboot Projekt
Length (Total): 15 m
Beam: 3,0 m
Height: 3,1 m
Draft: 0,9 m

Weapons
2 cm MG: 4
1,3 cm Machine Guns: 1
86 mm Rocket Launcher: 5
45 cm Torpedo tubes: 2
Depth Charges 10

Engines
Shafts: 3
Engines: 3
Type: Piston engines

Performance
Total Performance: 2200 hp
Speed: 55 kn

Turbojet Tragflügelboot Projekt

Dimensions
Length (Total): 15 m
Beam: 3,0 m
Height: 3,1 m
Draft: 0,9 m

Weapons
2 cm MG: 4
1,3 cm Machine Guns: 1
86 mm Rocket Launcher: 5
45 cm Torpedo tubes: 2
Depth Charges 10

Engines
Shafts: 3
Engines: 3
Type: Piston engines
Turbojets: 2

Performance
Total Performance: 2200 hp (plus 2900 kp turbojets)
Speed: 55 kn (65kn with turbojets)

 

[mosquitoman]

Yes, and nice pics. Lucky they never went into service

 

[Nonskimmer]

Cool stuff.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I fine them interesting especially the one with jet propulsion.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Jet's and propellers by the look of it.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yes it was a mixture and there were versions of both.