S64 buzzard
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| Type | 143 - Albatros class |
| Callsign | DRBX (DRDN until December 1st, 1981) |
| NATO number | P6114 |
| period of service | August 14, 1976– March 24, 2005 |
| nautical miles driven | 269 573.6 nm |
| shipyard | Lürssen shipyard , Bremen-Vegesack |
| Sponsored city | Kamp-Lintfort |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 57.58 m |
| width | 7.62 m |
| Draft | 2.60 m |
| displacement | 405 t |
| speed | 42 kn |
| drive | |
| Diesel engine | 4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 |
| power | 4,500 hp (18,000 hp) |
| waves | 4th |
| Screws | three-leaf 1.30 m ø |
| Rudder | 2 |
| E-diesel engines | 4 × 177 HP per generator 135 kVA |
| Consumables | |
| diesel | 32 m³ |
| oil | xx m³ |
| water | xx m³ |
| Armament (Germany) | |
| Missile | 4 x MM38 Exocet |
| torpedo | 2 × torpedo tube 533 mm S5A2, torpedo DM2A1 |
| gun | 2 × OTOMELARA 76 mm |
| SMG | 2 × Browning M2 |
| Sensors | |
| Fire control | WM27 - 444DU |
| Navigation radar | 3 RM / 20 |
| Eloka system | Octopus |
| Data link | LINK 11 |
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| crew | |
| crew | 43 soldiers |
| Officers | 5 (Commander, I WO, II WO, III WO, STO) |
| PUO | 5 (DM, EM, MM, SOP, STT) |
| NCOs | 15th |
| Teams | 18th |
S 64 Bussard (P 6114) was a speedboat of the German Navy . It belonged to class 143 ( Albatros class ).
Period of service in Germany
S 64 Bussard was put into service on August 14, 1976 as the fourth boat in this class of ten boats. The boat was built at the Lürssen shipyard and after its commissioning it was subordinated to the 2nd Schnellbootgeschwader , which was based in Olpenitz until the end of October 1994 and then at the Warnemünde naval base .
According to the NATO - doctrine were the speedboats of the 143 class during the Cold War, intended for coastal defense and block the Baltic Approaches and optimized for use in North and Baltic Seas. In NATO exercises and international maneuvers, the area finally expanded to the Mediterranean. In 2002 S 64 Bussard took part as part of Task Group 500.01 in Operation Enduring Freedom in the Horn of Africa, based on Djibouti . In 2004 a deployment in Operation Active Endeavor in the area of the Strait of Gibraltar followed . After the decommissioning on March 24, 2005, the boat was launched in the naval arsenal in Wilhelmshaven and later at the Neue Jadewerft .
Service in the Navy of Ghana
In 2010 it was sold to Ghana and modernized at the Neue Jadewerft in Wilhelmshaven. The entire armament was removed and replaced by a single 20 mm gun on the position of the former front gun. Instead of the fire control radar, a navigation radar was installed so that the boat no longer has the typical spherical antenna above the bridge. In 2012 the boat was handed over to the Ghanaian Navy together with its sister boat S 61 Albatros after a sea test . In the future, the boats will be run by a commander with the rank of frigate captain and will be used primarily for fisheries protection.
Commanders
| August 14, 1976– March 15, 1978 | Corvette Captain Kubalek |
| 03/15/1978 - 08/29/1980 | Corvette Captain Rehder |
| August 29, 1980 to September 28, 1981 | Corvette Captain Lehmann |
| 09/28/1981 - 03/28/1984 | Corvette Captain Rath |
| 03/28/1984 - 09/27/1985 | Corvette Captain Koehler |
| September 27, 1985 to September 30, 1988 | Corvette Captain Meyer-Truelsen |
| 09/30/1988– 01/16/1992 | Corvette Captain Ruprecht |
| January 16, 1992– March 25, 1993 | Corvette Captain Serwatzki |
| 25.03.1993-27.09.1996 | Corvette Captain Böer |
| 09/27/1996– 09/26/1998 | Lieutenant Riensch |
| 09/26/1998– 09/29/2003 | Lieutenant Commander Polite |
| 29.09.2003–24.03.2005 | Lieutenant Jäger |
Tradition Schnellboot S 64 Bussard
- Small cruiser Bussard (1890–1913), Imperial Navy
- Schnellboot S 64 (1941–1945), Kriegsmarine
- Schnellboot Bussard, Jaguar class , (1959–1975), German Navy
Web links
- S64 Bussard Official website of the S64 Bussard speedboat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilhelmshavener Zeitung of April 30, 2012, p. 9
- ↑ Important visitors for the official handover . In: Wilhelmshavener Zeitung of July 3, 2012, p. 3