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S-Boat Class 153 ("Pfeil" and "Strahl")
S-Boat Class 153 - "Strahl" (British "Brave"-Class)
Technical Data
| Shipyard | Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouthl |
| Units built | 1 on German order |
| from/to | 1961 - 1962 |
| ICommissioned from/to | 1962 - 1965 |
| Displacement | 114 t |
| Length | 30,13 m |
| Beam | 7,77 m |
| Draught | 2,13 m |
| Propulsion | 3 x Bristol-Siddeley-Proteus MK 1270 Gasturbines (each 4250 HP) |
| Shafts/Propellers | 3 - 3 |
| Speed | 54 kts |
| Complement | 20 |
| Armament | 4 x Launching Racks for Torpedoes |
| 2 x 40 mm/L70 Bofors | |
| Mines |
Specials
The boats were conciperet as Motor-Torpedo-Boats (version MTB: 1 x 40 mm and 4 Torpedolaunchingracks) and as Motor-Gun-Boats (version MGB: 2 x 40 mm and 2 Torpedolaunchingracks). The hull consisted of an aluminium-framing with a mahagony skin.
For the Royal Danich Navy (Søværnet) six boats were built in version MTB between 1962 and 1965 - "Søløven" (P 510), "Søridderen" (P 511), Søbjørnen" (P 512), "Søhesten" (P 513), "Søhunden" (P 5114) and "Søulven" (P 515).
The Federal Navy got one boat in 1962 in a version MTB with two 40mm-guns - S-"Strahl" (P 6194). The boat was handed over to the Helenic Navy in 1967 on there commisssioned as "Astrapi".
S-"Strahl" under Shipyard-Trials on the Solent - Picture: Archives Brunsbach
S-"Strahl" under Shipyard-Trials - Picture: Archives Brunsbach
S-"Strahl" from the Air - Picture: Archives Brunsbach
Kommanding Bridge of S-"Strahl" - Picture: Archives Brunsbach
Engineering-Crew at Instruction by Bristol-Siddeley, 3rd from left K.H. Brunsbach - Picture: Archives Brunsbach
Engine-Control on S-"Strahl" - Picture: Archives Brunsbach
Crew-Deck on S-"Strahl" - Picture: Archives Brunsbach
Last Trials of S-"Strahl" on the Solent - Picture: Archives Brunsbach
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S-Boat Class 153 - "Pfeil" (british "Ferocity"-Class)
Technical Data
| Shipyards | Vosper Thornycroft, Portsmouthl |
| Units built | 1on German order |
| from/to | 1961 - 1962 |
| Commissioned from/to | 1962 - 1965 |
| Displacement | 85 t |
| Length | 27,6 m |
| Beam | 6,70 m |
| Draft | 2,10 m |
| Propulsion | 2 x Bristol-Siddley-Proteus MK 1270 Gasturbines (each 4250 HP) |
| Shafts/Propellers | 2 - 2 |
| Speed | 56 kts |
| Complemetn | 12 |
| Armament | 4 launching
racks for torpedoes,
2 x 40mm guns Bofors/L 70 |
Specials
Since construction- and operating costs for the "Brave"-class were very high, the company produced a somewhat smaller class of boats, the "Feriocity"-class. The boats were propelled by two gas-turbines and had two diesel engined for the march. The construction was all wooden in order to minimize construction cost.
Upon end of trials in the Federal German Navy the boat was left to Greece in 1967 as "Aiolub".