Tiger-class fast attack craft

Class overview
Tiger-class vessel S54 Elster
Name:	Tiger class
Operators:	German Navy Hellenic Navy Chilean Navy Egyptian Navy Georgian Navy
Preceded by:	Jaguar class
Succeeded by:	Albatros class
Built:	1971-1975
In commission:	1972-2003
Completed:	20
Lost:	1
General characteristics (After last refit)
Type:	Fast Attack Craft
Displacement:	265 tonnes (261 long tons)
Length:	47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam:	7 m (23 ft)
Draught:	2.70 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:	4 MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 turbo diesel engines, 8,800 kW (11,800 hp) total 4 propeller shafts
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	570 nmi (1,060 km) at 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) 1,600 nmi (3,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	30
Sensors and processing systems:	SMA 3RM 20 navigation radar Triton G surveillance radar CASTOR II fire-control radar Link 11 communications
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Decoy and flare launcher Electronic countermeasures suite
Armament:	1 × OTO Melara 76mm gun 1 × Bofors 40mm gun 4 × MM38 Exocet launchers 8 × naval mines The Bofors gun can be replaced with mine laying rails
Notes:	The ships have been updated twice (1982—84 and 1990—92), this represents the last update that was performed on all ships.

The Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft is a modification of the French La Combattante IIa design for the Bundesmarine (German Federal Navy). The La Combattante IIas had been designed by Lürssen of Germany for Israel, but were built in France by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie in Cherbourg (CMN) for political reasons. Eight of the boats were laid down by CMH, but completed by Lürssen.

The boats were commissioned into the Bundesmarine in the mid-1970s, replacing the Jaguar-class vessels of the 3rd and 5th Squadrons. At first the boats did not receive names, only numbers, but these were introduced later at the insistence of the crews.

The ships served for 30 years, and received major updates in 1982—84 and 1990—92. After decommissioning they were scrapped or sold to different countries. No direct replacements were procured as due to the changed operating conditions the Deutsche Marine has reduced the number of these fast attack boats drastically and procured instead a smaller number of corvettes.

Ship list

Pennant number	Name	Call sign	Shipyard	Laid down	Launched	Com- missioned	Decom- missioned	Status
?	HS Kalypso	?	CMN	1971	1972	12 January 1972	23 April 2004	to Hellenic Navy and renamed 23 June 1976 as Ypoploiarchos Batsis; transferred again to Georgian Navy as Dioskuria on 23 April 2004 and later sunk 2008
P6141	S41 Tiger	DRBA	CMN	11 October 1971	27 September 1972	30 October 1972	24 September 1998	to Chilean Navy
P6142	S42 Iltis	DRBB	CMN	2 February 1972	12 December 1972	8 January 1973	15 October 1992	to Hellenic Navy
P6143	S43 Luchs	DRBC	CMN	23 March 1972	7 March 1973	9 April 1973	27 August 1998	to Chilean Navy
P6144	S44 Marder	DRBD	CMN	15 April 1972	5 May 1973	14 July 1973	25 May 1994	to Hellenic Navy
P6145	S45 Leopard	DRBE	CMN	12 September 1972	3 July 1973	21 August 1973	28 September 2000	to Hellenic Navy
P6146	S46 Fuchs	DRBF	Lürssen	10 March 1972	21 May 1973	17 October 1973	19 December 2002	to Egyptian Navy
P6147	S47 Jaguar	DRBG	CMN	29 November 1972	20 September 1973	13 November 1973	28 September 2000	to Hellenic Navy
P6148	S48 Löwe	DRBH	Lürssen	10 July 1972	10 September 1973	9 January 1974	19 December 2002	to Egyptian Navy
P6149	S49 Wolf	DRBI	CMN			4 March 1975	27 August 1997	to Chilean Navy
P6150	S50 Panther	DRBJ	Lürssen	30 September 1972	10 December 1973	27 March 1974	29 September 2002	scrapped 2003
P6151	S51 Häher	DRBK	CMN			12 June 1974	23 June 1994	to Hellenic Navy
P6152	S52 Storch	DRBL	Lürssen	12 March 1973	25 March 1974	17 July 1974	12 November 1992	to Hellenic Navy
P6153	S53 Pelikan	DRBM	CMN	11 September 1973	4 July 1974	24 September 1974	25 June 1998	to Chilean Navy
P6154	S54 Elster	DRBN	Lürssen			27 November 1974	27 August 1997	to Chilean Navy
P6155	S55 Alk	DRBO	CMN	9 April 1974	15 November 1974	7 January 1975	13 May 2002	to Egyptian Navy
P6156	S56 Dommel	DRBP	Lürssen	13 December 1973	30 October 1974	12 February 1975	19 December 2002	to Egyptian Navy
P6157	S57 Weihe	DRBQ	CMN	2 July 1974	13 February 1975	3 April 1975	19 December 2002	to Egyptian Navy
P6158	S58 Pinguin	DRBR	Lürssen	11 March 1974	26 February 1975	22 May 1975	28 June 2002	scrapped 2003
P6159	S59 Reiher	DRBS	CMN	8 November 1974	15 May 1975	24 June 1975	27 September 2002	scrapped 2003
P6160	S60 Kranich	DRBT	Lürssen	9 May 1974	26 May 1975	6 August 1975	24 September 1998	Chilean Navy

References

Notes

References

Schnellboote TIGER-Klase - Marine (Official homepage of the German Navy) (German)
Warships on the Web
S46 Fuchs (German)
S51 Häher (German)
S58 Pinguin (German)

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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