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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

"Pionier-Landungsfähre 41" and "Pionier-Landungsfähre 44" types landing ferries

"Pionier-Landungsfähre 41" type ferry (partly armed)

"Pionier-Landungsfähre 44" type ferry (without armament)

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
PiLF...            

 

Displacement standard, t

"PiLF 41": 135

"PiLF 44": 140

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

"PiLF 41" Büssing: 25.3

"PiLF 41" Deutz: 26.7

"PiLF 44" Büssing: 29.0

"PiLF 44" Deutz: 28.9

Breadth, m

14.1

Draught, m

1.20 deep load

No of shafts

4

Machinery

"PiLF 41" Büssing: Büssing diesels

"PiLF 41" Deutz: Deutz diesels

"PiLF 44" Büssing: Büssing diesels

"PiLF 44" Deutz: Deutz diesels

Power, h. p.

"PiLF 41" Büssing: 360

"PiLF 41" Deutz: 480

"PiLF 44" Büssing: 360

"PiLF 44" Deutz: 480

Max speed, kts

"PiLF 41" Büssing: 7.6

"PiLF 41" Deutz: 8

"PiLF 44" Büssing: 10

"PiLF 44" Deutz: 10.5

Fuel, t

petrol 2.5

Endurance, nm(kts) 440(6)

Armament

"PiLF 41": 1 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38

"PiLF 44": 1 x 1 - 50/60 PaK38 or 1 x 1 - 75/46 PaK40, 1 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38

Military load

65 - 100 t of cargo

Complement

12 - 29

Ship project history: Analogue of Siebel ferry, ordered by Army but built under Kriegsmarine control.

Modernizations: Many ferries were rearmed.

Naval service: Number of units and their fates are unknown.

 

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