Jaguar-class fast attack craft

Dommel in the late 1960s, showing her 40 mm guns
Class overview
Builders:	Lurssen, Bremen-Vegesack
Operators:	German Navy  Turkish Navy
Succeeded by:	Zobel class
Subclasses:	Seeadler class
Built:	1957-1960
In commission:	1958-1976
Completed:	20
Retired:	20
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat (fast attack craft)
Displacement:	183.4 t (180.5 long tons) standard 210 t (207 long tons) full load
Length:	42.60 m (139 ft 9 in)
Beam:	7.10 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draught:	2.30 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	4 Mercedes-Benz MB 518 B diesel engines, 3000PS each 4 propeller shafts, driving three-bladed propellers of 1.15 m (3 ft 9 in) diameter Bunker: 25t fuel, 1.12t lubricants, 2t fresh water
Speed:	42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph) max 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph) max sustained
Range:	700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi)s at 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement:	39 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	Navigation radar, surveillance radar
Armament:	2 Bofors 40 mm/70 Model 1958 guns, 3168 rounds of ammunition 4 533 mm torpedo tubes, 16 torpedoes Minelaying capabilities: The aft 2 torpedo tubes can be supplemented with 2 ramps for 23 naval mines Mk 12 14 depth charges

The Type 140 Jaguar-class fast attack craft is an evolution of the German torpedo boats (E-boats) of World War II. The design was developed by Lürssen and designated Schnellboot 55. The 20 boats that were built for the German Navy were in service from 1959 to 1976. Then the Jaguar-class boats were replaced in service with the Bundesmarine by the Tiger class.

The Jaguar-class boats were relatively well suited for high sea action. In NATO strategy it was their duty to intercept landing operations in the Baltic Sea, prevent transfers of ships of the Soviet Union and to keep the transatlantic supply lines open through the North Sea.

The Seeadler class differs from the Type 140 only in the model of engine.