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Gepard-class fast attack craft

{{Short description|Class of German attack craft}}

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| Ship image = Hafengeburtstag 2015 P 6122.jpg

| Ship caption = Puma

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Builders =

| Operators = *{{navy|Germany}}

  • {{navy|Ghana}}

| Class before = {{Sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|4}}

| Class after = {{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette|1}}

| Subclasses =

| Built range =

| In service range =

| In commission range = 1982-present

| Total ships planned = 10

| Total ships completed = 10

| Total ships cancelled =

| Total ships active = 2

| Total ships laid up =

| Total ships retired = 8

| Total ships preserved = 1

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

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| Ship type = Fast attack craft

| Ship displacement = {{convert|390|t|LT|abbr=on}}

| Ship length = {{convert|57.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|7.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship draught = {{convert|2.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship propulsion = 4 × diesel engines, totalling {{convert|13235|kW|abbr=on}}

| Ship speed = {{convert|40|kn}}

| Ship range =

| Ship complement = 5 officers, 31 enlisted

| Ship sensors =

| Ship EW = *Decoy launcher HOT DOG

  • Chaff launcher DAG 2200 Wolke

| Ship armament = *1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun

| Ship notes =

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The Type 143A Gepard class was a class of missile bearing fast attack craft ({{langx|de|Schnellboot}}) and the last one in service with the German Navy before the remaining four operational ships were decommissioned on 16 November 2016. The Ghana Navy operates two such ships.

It is an evolution of the {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|4}}, the main difference being the replacement of the second 76 mm gun by the RAM system. The Gepard-class vessels were gradually supplemented by {{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette}}s and later replaced completely by them.

The ships in class were named after small to medium-sized predatory animals; Gepard is German for "cheetah".

List of ships

class="wikitable sortable"

!NATO
pennant
number

!German
pennant
number

!Name

!Call
sign

!Commissioned

!Decommissioned

!Status

P6121S 71 GepardDRCE7 December 198212 December 2014Museum ship in Wilhelmshaven
P6122S 72 Puma DRCF17 February 198314 December 2015

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P6123S 73 Hermelin DRCG28 April 198316 November 2016{{cite web |title=Germany retires last fast attack craft |date=16 November 2016 |url=http://navaltoday.com/2016/11/16/germany-retires-last-fast-attack-craft/|publisher=Naval Today|access-date=4 December 2016}}

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P6124S 74 Nerz DRCH14 July 198331 March 2012

|Transferred to Ghana Navy

P6125S 75 Zobel DRCI28 September 198316 November 2016

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P6126S 76FrettchenDRCJ16 December 198316 November 2016

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P6127S 77Dachs DRCK22 March 198431 March 2012

|Transferred to Ghana Navy

P6128S 78 OzelotDRCL25 May 198418 December 2014

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P6129S 79 Wiesel DRCM12 July 198414 December 2015

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P6130S 80 Hyäne DRCN13 November 198416 November 2016

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The "S" and the number are part of the ship's full name. When the ships were first commissioned, their designation included only the number; however, the crews petitioned for full names, and the decision was made to combine the original names with the additional animal name.

Since 1 July 2006, all ships had formed part of the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader (7th Fast Patrol Boat Squadron), whereas for the eight years prior the flotilla was split into (hulls S 76–S 80) 2. Schnellbootgeschwader (2nd Fast Patrol Boat Squadron), and (hulls S 71–S 75) 7. Schnellbootgeschwader. The squadron was stationed in Warnemünde, where both predecessor squadrons had been based.

Gallery

File:Schnellboot P6121.jpg|S71 Gepard

File:ExocetNerz.jpg|Exocet launchers onboard S74 Nerz

File:RAM-Nerz.jpg|RAM launcher onboard S74 Nerz

File:Zobel P6125 (Ship, 1983).jpg|S 75 Zobel

Notes

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References

{{commonscat|Gepard class}}

  • {{cite web |title=Schnellboot GEPARD-Klasse |url=http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK93MQivfLEtLTUvNI8vez8orLUkpJUvfTUgsSiFP2CbEdFAF1MBSk!/|publisher=German Navy|access-date=10 July 2013|language=de}}

{{Ship classes of the Deutsche Marine}}

Category:Patrol vessels of the German Navy

Category:Missile boat classes

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