Albatros-class fast attack craft

S62 Falke in May 2002
Class overview
Name	Type 143 Albatros class
Builders	Lürssen Kröger
Operators	German Navy  Ghana Navy  Tunisian National Navy
Preceded by	Tiger class
Succeeded by	Gepard class
In commission	1976–2005
Completed	10
Active	0
Retired	10
General characteristics
Type	Fast attack craft
Displacement	398 long tons (404 t)
Length	57.80 m (189 ft 8 in)
Beam	7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	4 shafts, 4 MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesels 17,700 hp (13.2 MW)
Speed	40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)
Range	1,300 nmi (2,400 km; 1,500 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	40
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SMA 3 RM 20 navigation radar 1 × WM27 search and fire-control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	Decoy launcher HOT DOG Chaff launcher DAG 2200 Wolke
Armament	2 × OTO-Melara 76 mm guns 4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (not used)

The Type 143 Albatros class was a class of missile bearing fast attack craft. Each vessel is named after a bird of prey including the albatross, condor and cormorant. Constructed by German shipbuilders Lürssen and Kröger, the vessels were intended to replace the Type 141 Seeadler class.^[1] The German Navy retired the class in 2005 and sold the boats off to Tunisia and Ghana.