- Source: Tiger-class fast attack craft
The Type 148 Tiger-class fast attack craft are a group of missile boats built to a Franco-German design and seeing service in the German Navy. The vessels entered service in the 1970s and served into the early 21st century. While they have been mostly retired from German Navy service, many were transferred to other navies and remained in service longer.
Design
The vessels had been designed by Lürssen of Germany for Israel. They were a modification of the Jaguar-class fast attack craft but armed with the French Exocet missile. They were built mainly in France by Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie in Cherbourg (CMN) for political reasons; twelve were built and completed there, while another eight of the boats were laid down by CMH, but completed by Lürssen.
Their export to Israel was also blocked for political reasons, and the boats were commissioned into the German Navy as the Tiger class. A number of other boats were built by CMN for various navies to the same design, which became known as the La Combattante II type fast attack craft.
Operational history
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
See also
La Combattante class fast attack craft
References
= Notes
== Bibliography
=Couhat, Jean Labayle; Baker, A. D. III, eds. (1986). Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87: Their Ships, Aircraft and Armament. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85368-860-5.
External links
Schnellboote TIGER-Klase – Marine (Official homepage of the German Navy) (in German)
Warships on the Web
S46 Fuchs (in German)
S51 Häher (in German)
S58 Pinguin (in German)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kaliber 30 mm
- Tiger-class fast attack craft
- La Combattante IIa-class fast attack craft
- Fast attack craft
- La Combattante II type fast attack craft
- Jaguar-class fast attack craft
- Intrépida-class fast attack craft
- Albatros-class fast attack craft
- Zobel-class fast attack craft
- Ultra Fast Attack Craft
- OTO Melara 76 mm
