Schnellboot S 59
S 59 fast motorboat
Sources :
Przemysław Fedorowicz
Schnellboots - German torpedo boats of the World War II period
MILITARIA XX wieku No: 5/14 2006
Oficyna Wydawnicza Kagero
Connely G. Krakow D.
Schnellboot in action, Warschip No.18
ISBN: 0897474570
Deutsche Schnellboote 1939 - 1945
Jean-Phil Dallies-Labourdette
Motorbuch Verlag, 2006
ISBN-10: 3613026732
ISBN-13: 9783613026735
www.german-navy.de
www.warships.web4u.cz
www.prinzeugen.com
www.wlb-stuttgart.de
S 59 fast motorboat
| Schnellboot S 59 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Class: | S-30 (1939B) | |
| Ship's designation : | S 59 | |
| Shipyard : | Lürssen Werft Bremen - Vegesack | |
| Building number : | 12852 | |
| Building order : | 28.9.1939 | |
| Launching : | 20.10.1940 | |
| Commissioning : | 27.11.1940 | |
| Maximum displacement : (t) | 100 | |
| Standard displacement : (t) | 78.9 | |
| Length: (m) | 32.76 | |
| Width : (m) | 5,06 | |
| Draught maximum : (m) | 1.47 | |
| Drive : | 3x Daimler Benz MB 502 | |
| Power : ( HP) | 3960 | |
| Max speed : (kn) | 36 | |
| Cruise speed : (kn) | 30 | |
| Range/speed : ( n.m. / kn) | 800/30 | |
| Fuel quantity : (t) | 13.3 | |
| Bolts-quantity/average : (pcs./m) | 3/1,23 | |
| Armament : | 2 × TT 533 mm torpedo tubes 2 × anti-aircraft gun 2 cm/65 "C/30" 2-8 × MG 7.9 cm machine gun | |
| Number of torpedoes : | 4 | |
| Crew : | 24-30 row] Brief History : | 6.7.1943 - sunk by Allied aircraft in the harbour of Porto Empedocle, Sicily |
Sources :
Przemysław Fedorowicz
Schnellboots - German torpedo boats of the World War II period
MILITARIA XX wieku No: 5/14 2006
Oficyna Wydawnicza Kagero
Connely G. Krakow D.
Schnellboot in action, Warschip No.18
ISBN: 0897474570
Deutsche Schnellboote 1939 - 1945
Jean-Phil Dallies-Labourdette
Motorbuch Verlag, 2006
ISBN-10: 3613026732
ISBN-13: 9783613026735
www.german-navy.de
www.warships.web4u.cz
www.prinzeugen.com
www.wlb-stuttgart.de