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Type 143 Albatross Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
S61 / P6111 Albatross	L	4th May 1972	22nd October 1973	1st November 1976
S64 / P6114 Bussard	L	4th July 1973	10th April 1975	14th August 1976
S62 / P6112 Falke	L	25th October 1972	21st March 1974	13th April 1976
S63 / P6113 Geier	L	14th February 1973	18th September 1974	2nd June 1976
S66 / P6116 Greif	L	12th December 1973	4th September 1975	25th November 1976
S69 / P6119 Habicht	K	25th January 1975	5th June 1976	23rd December 1977
S67 / P6117 Kondor	K	19th June 1973	6th March 1975	17th December 1976
S70 / P6120 Kormoran	L	26th November 1974	14th April 1976	29th July 1977
S68 / P6118 Seeadler	L	12th June 1974	17th November 1975	28th March 1977
S65 / P6115 Sperber	K	18th January 1973	15th January 1975	27th September 1976

Builders:
K : Kroger Werft, Rendsburg, Germany
L : Lurssen Werft, Bremen, Germany

Dimensions:
190' 7" x 25' x 9' 3" / 58.10m x 7.62m x 2.80m

Displacement:
275 tons std / 393 tons max

Complement:
4 + 36

Armament:
All ships:
2 x 76mm L62 OTO Melara Compact guns in single turrets
4 x MM38 Exocet SSM launchers
2 x Mk32 21" torpedo tubes

Aircraft Facilities:
No aircraft facilities provided.

Armour:
None known.

Powerplant:
Four MTU 16V-956-TB91 diesels were fitted totalling 21460bhp on four shafts. The maximum speed was 40kts and range at 30kts was 1490NM.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
Raytheon TM1620/6X navigation

Sonar:
ELAC active/passive sonar can be carried if required.

Other:
HSA WM22 fire control
HSA WM41 fire control
HSA Mk22 optical director
AEG AGIS action information

Miscellaneous:
Buck Wegmann Hot Dog and Silver Dog decoy launchers are fitted.