Jaguar-class fast attack craft

Class overview
Dommel in the late 1960s, showing her 40 mm guns
Builders:	Lurssen, Bremen-Vegesack
Operators:	German Navy Turkish Navy
Succeeded by:	Zobel class
Subclasses:	Seeadler class
Built:	1957-1960
In commission:	1958-1976
Completed:	20
Retired:	20
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat (fast attack craft)
Displacement:	183.4 t (180.5 long tons) standard 210 t (207 long tons) full load
Length:	42.60 m (139 ft 9 in)
Beam:	7.10 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draught:	2.30 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	4 Mercedes-Benz MB 518 B diesel engines, 3000PS each 4 propeller shafts, driving three-bladed propellers of 1.15 m (3 ft 9 in) diameter Bunker: 25t fuel, 1.12t lubricants, 2t fresh water
Speed:	42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph) max 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph) max sustained
Range:	700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi)s at 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement:	39 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	Navigation radar, surveillance radar
Armament:	2 Bofors 40 mm/70 Model 1958 guns, 3168 rounds of ammunition 4 533 mm torpedo tubes, 16 torpedoes Minelaying capabilities: The aft 2 torpedo tubes can be supplemented with 2 ramps for 23 naval mines Mk 12 14 depth charges

The Type 140 Jaguar-class fast attack craft is an evolution of the German torpedo boats (E-boats) of World War II. The design was developed by Lürssen and designated Schnellboot 55. The 20 boats that were built for the German Navy were in service from 1959 to 1976. Then the Jaguar-class boats were replaced in service with the Bundesmarine by the Tiger class.

The Jaguar-class boats were relatively well suited for high sea action. In NATO strategy it was their duty to intercept landing operations in the Baltic Sea, prevent transfers of ships of the Soviet Union and to keep the transatlantic supply lines open through the North Sea.

The Seeadler class differs from the Type 140 only in the model of engine.

List of boats

NATO pennant number	German pennant number	Name	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
P6059	S1	Jaguar	16 November 1957	22 June 1973	sold to private shipyard
P6058	S2	Iltis	19 December 1957	31 January 1975	Used as target ship, then to Turkish Navy for cannibalization
P6062	S3	Wolf	12 February 1958	21 March 1975	To Turkish Navy as P335 Kalkan
P6061	S4	Luchs	27 March 1957	1 December 1972	sold to private company
P6060	S5	Leopard	20 May 1958	28 May 1973	sold to private shipyard
P6065	S12	Löwe	5 February 1959	25 April 1975	To Turkish Navy as P332 Kilic
P6066	S13	Fuchs	17 March 1959	13 July 1973	sold to private shipyard
P6067	S14	Marder	7 July 1959	22 June 1972	sold to private shipyard
P6082	S15	Weihe	28 October 1959	5 July 1972	To France as target ship, sunk
P6083	S16	Kranich	19 December 1959	2 November 1973	Museum ship in Bremerhaven, scrapped 2006
P6085	S17	Storch	12 March 1960	29 March 1974	To Turkish Navy as P331 Tufan
P6087	S18	Häher	5 April 1960	15 December 1974	To Turkish Navy as P333 Mizrak
P6088	S19	Elster	8 July 1960	19 July 1974	sold to private shipyard
P6089	S20	Reiher	15 August 1960	21 August 1973	To Turkish Navy, for cannibalization?
P6091	S21	Dommel	4 February 1961	22 March 1974	sold to private shipyard
P6090	S22	Pinguin	28 March 1961	14 December 1972	To Turkish Navy as P336 Karayel
P6063	S23	Tiger	15 October 1958	20 December 1974	To Turkish Navy as P334 Yildiz
P6064	S24	Panther	12 December 1958	1 March 1973	sold to private shipyard
P6084	S29	Alk	14 January 1960	6 August 1974	To Turkish Navy for cannibalization?
P6086	S30	Pelikan	30 March 1960	31 May 1974	To Turkish Navy as P330 Firtina

References

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Gardiner, Robert (ed.) (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.
Schnellboot Typ 140 Jaguar-Klasse @ schnellboot.net

Ship classes of the German Navy

Destroyers	101A Hamburg 103B Lütjens 119 Fletcher

Frigates and corvettes	120 Köln 122 Bremen 123 Brandenburg 124 Sachsen 125 Baden-Württemberg 130 Braunschweig

Fast attack craft	149 Silbermöwe 140 Jaguar 141 Seeadler 142 Zobel 143 Albatros 143A Gepard 148 Tiger

Mine warfare	320 Lindau 332 Frankenthal 333 Kulmbach 352 Ensdorf 742A Mühlhausen

Submarines	XXI Wilhelm Bauer 201 202 205B 206A 212A

Training ships	440 Deutschland

Auxiliary ships	404 Elbe 423 Oste 441 Gorch Fock 520 Barbe 702 Berlin 703 Walchensee 704 Rhön 720 Helgoland 721 Eisvogel 722 Wangerooge 738 Bottsand 751 Planet 760 Westerwald

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