Multipurpose boat 1943

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Multipurpose boat 1943 p1
Ship data
country German EmpireGerman Empire (Reichskriegsflagge) German Empire
Construction period 1944 to 1945
Launch of the type ship April 20, 1944
Units built 1
period of service 1944 to 1945
Ship dimensions and crew
length
51.75 m ( Lüa )
width 7.2 m
Draft Max. 2.25 m
displacement Standard : 285 t
Use: 315 t
 
crew 52
Machine system
machine 1 6-cylinder diesel
Machine
performance 		1,000 PS (735 kW)
Top
speed 		14 kn (26 km / h)
Armament

The multipurpose boat 1943 was a class of escort boats of the Kriegsmarine during World War II .

General

The multipurpose boat 1943 , MZ-Boot 43 for short, was a development which was carried out in 1943 at the request of the High Command of the Navy (OKM) for escort service, mine detection tasks and submarine hunting in coastal waters. The type of boat called MZ 1 was on 12 January 1944, the shipyard HC Stülcken son in Hamburg on down Kiel and put into service on August 29, 1944th The handover to the test command for new warships took place on September 24, 1944, when it was still at the end of the war and then was handed over to Great Britain .

The construction of further units ( MZ 2 , MZ 3 and MZ 4 ) began in November and December 1944, but by the end of the war none of these boats was completed and they were demolished on their slipways . Eight other boats ( MZ 5 to MZ 12 ) were no longer started.

units

Identifier Shipyard Keel laying Launch Commissioning Whereabouts
MZ 1 HC Stülcken Sohn , Hamburg January 12, 1944 April 20, 1944 August 29, 1944 Spoils of war Great Britain
MZ 2-4 Flender-Werke , Lübeck November / December 1944 no completion - canceled on slipway
MZ 5–12 Rheinwerft Walsum , Duisburg no longer started

technical description

3.7 cm M42 flak in single mount

Hull and drive

The hull of the only completed boat, the MZ 1, was 51.75 meters long, 7.2 meters wide and had a draft of 2.25 meters with a maximum displacement of 315 tons . The drive was carried out by a 6-cylinder diesel engine of Deutz , with a capacity of 1000 horsepower (735 kW ). This power was delivered to a shaft with a screw . The top speed was 14 knots (26 km / h ).

All other boats were to be increased in length by five to 56.75 meters to improve seaworthiness . Instead of the Deutz diesel engine, a Lentz unit expansion machine with 1040 PS (765 kW) was to be installed, which would have increased the operational displacement to 465 tons.

crew

The crew had a strength of 52 men.

Armament

The main armament consisted of two 8.8 cm SK C / 30 guns in single mounts, one in front of and one behind the superstructures. For air defense there were a 3.7 cm Flak M42 , in single mounts raised behind the front 8.8 cm gun, and eight 2 cm Flak 38 , in two double mounts directly behind the bridge and a quadruplet in an elevated position to the 8,8 cm aft gun, available. Furthermore, two permanently installed torpedo tubes in caliber 53.3 cm for torpedoes of the type G7a .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 8.8-cm SK C / 30. In: navweaps.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ 3.7 cm Flak M42. In: navweaps.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020 (English).