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'''E-boat''' was the [[Allies of World War II|Western Allies]]' designation for the [[fast attack craft]] (German: '''''Schnellboot''''', or ''S-Boot'', meaning "fast boat"; plural ''Schnellboote'') of the [[Kriegsmarine]] during [[World War II]]; ''E-boat'' could refer to a patrol craft from an armed motorboat to a large ''Torpedoboot.''{{sfn|Margaritis |2019|p=365}} The name of E-boats was a British designation using the letter ''E'' for ''Enemy'',.<ref>{{cite web | last = Wilson | first = Steve | title = Enemy Boats | work = Military.com | url = http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,78723,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121130032815/http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,78723,00.html | archive-date = 2012-11-30 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = E-Boats | work = British Military Powerboat Trust | url = http://www.bmpt.org.uk/boat%20histories/Eboats/index1.htm }}</ref>

The main wartime production boats, from ''S26'' onwards (but often designated the ''S100'' class), were very seaworthy,<ref name="pt-boat.com">[http://www.pt-boat.com/sboot/sboot.html PT-Boat.com–German S-100 Class Schnellboot (Fast Boat)]</ref> heavily armed and capable of sustaining {{convert|43.5|kn|lk=in}}, briefly accelerating to {{convert|48|kn|}}.<ref>PT-Boat.com–German S-100 Class Schnellboot (Fast Boat): [http://www.pt-boat.com/sboot/sboot.html].</ref> These were armed with torpedoes and Flak guns; commonly one 37&nbsp;mm at the stern, one 20&nbsp;mm at the bow with a twin mount amidships, plus machine guns. Armament varied and some ''S100S26''s class boats substituted a [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|40mm Bofors]] or, less commonly, a [[2 cm Flak 30, Flak 38 and Flakvierling 38#2 cm Flakvierling 38|20mm ''flakvierling'']] (quadruple mount) for the aft 37mm cannon.{{sfn|Margaritis |2019|p=365}}

The ''S100S26'' class boats - which provided the bulk of the wartime deliveries - were {{convert|34.94|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|5.38|m|ftin|abbr=on}} in [[Beam (nautical)|beam]]<!--draft?-->.<ref name="pt-boat.com"/> Their [[diesel engine]]s provided a range of {{convert|700|to(-)|750|nmi|smi km|lk=in|abbr=on}}, substantially greater than the [[gasoline]]-fueled American [[PT boat]]s and British [[motor torpedo boat]]s (MTBs).<ref>Tent, James F. ''E-Boat Alert: Defending the Normandy Invasion Fleet'' (Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1996), p. 39</ref>

The internal layout of the E-boat remained the same for all types. Its length was generally divided by eight transverse [[Bulkhead (partition)|bulkheads]] (made of 4mm steel below the waterline and slightly thinner light metal alloy above) into nine watertight compartments.<ref>Lawrence Paterson, ''Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History'', p. 6.</ref> From bow to stern, these were:

# the accommodation for senior ratings (six bunks, including one in a separate curtained-off compartment for the coxswain);

# comprising the captain's cabin on the starboard side, and the radio room on the port side (including the two radio operators' accommodation);

# the two forward fuel tanks (capacity 62 x 3,000 litres), one on either side of a centreline walkway, located directly below the bridge;

# the second engineroom held the engine driving the central shaft, with a walkway on each side, flanked next to the hull by auxiliary machinery;

# the two largest of the fuel tanks (each of capacity 83,000150 litres), again on either side of a central walkway, with a third (smaller) tank of 1,490 litres below the deck;

# the junior ratings' accommodation, with bunks for up to fifteenfourteen men, plus the galley and the stern "head"; the boat's magazine was also in this compartment;

# the two aft fuel tanks (capacity 42 x 2,000 litres) and rudder gear.

Note that the earliest (shorter) boats lacked the first transverse bulkhead, and thus the senior ratings' accommodation was firstincluded in the first watertight compartment.

The earliest six boats had a crew of 12 men, but by the time of the ''S7'' and ''S14'' typetypes (''S7'' to ''S25'') the manning had increased to 18 men. The ''S26'' class required a complement of between 21 and 24 men, and this remained generally constant for all subsequent boats (except the ex-Italian and KS and LS boats). This comprised a commanding officer (usually an ''Oberleutnant zur See''), a Chief Boatswain (''Oberbootsmann''), a Helmsman (''Matrosen-Gefreiter''), about six seamen including those operating semaphore and engine telegraph posts (''Matrosen''), a Chief Engineer (''ObermaschinstenObermaschinist''), three engineer NCOs (''Maschinenmaaten''), six engine-room ratings (usually ''HeizernHeizer''), two radio operators (''FunkgefreitenFunkgefreiter'' or ''FunkgaastFunkgast'') for radio communications including decoding, and a torpedo mechanic (''TorpedomechanikergefreitenTorpedomechanikergefreiter'') who doubled as the boat's cook.

Crew members could earn an award particular to their work — the ''[[Fast Attack Craft War Badge|Das Schnellbootkriegsabzeichen]]'' — denoted by a badge depicting an E-boat passing through a wreath. The criteria were good conduct, distinction in action, and participating in at least twelve enemy actions. It was also awarded for particularly successful missions, displays of leadership or being killed in action. It could be awarded under special circumstances, such as when another decoration was not suitable.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

E-boats were primarily used to patrol the [[Baltic Sea]] and the English Channel in order to intercept shipping heading for the English ports in the south and east. As such, they were up against [[Royal Navy]] and Commonwealth, e.g., [[Royal Canadian Navy]] contingents leading up to [[D-Day]], [[motor gunboat]]s (MGBs), [[motor torpedo boat]]s (MTBs), [[Motor Launchlaunch (naval)|motor launches]], [[Captain class frigate|frigates]] and [[destroyer]]s. They were also transferred in small numbers to the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea by river and land transport. Some small E-boats were built as boats for carrying by auxiliary cruisers.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

E-boats were organisationally under the command of the ''Seekriegsleitung'' or '''SKL''' (the naval warfare command, responsible for the planning, execution and direction of naval warfare), and were administratively organised into flotillas, each originally comprising 8 boats. Consequently most orders for new construction were placed in batches of eight boats, or of multiple of eight. The first half-flotilla (''1st Schnellbootshalbflotille'') was formed in July 1932, but was reorganised as ''1st Schnellbootsflotille'' in June 1935. A second flotilla was established in August 1938, and a third in 1940. Eventually there were fourteen operational flotillas, numbered 1st to 11th plus 21st, 22nd and 24th, together with three training flotillas (''Schnellbootsschulflotille''). Each flotilla required the backup of a depot ship; initially this was provided by the converted steamer ''Nordsea'', but from 1934 a series of purpose-built tenders were commissioned - the ''Tsingtau'' in 1934, followed by the ''Tanga'' (in 1939), ''Carl Peters'' and ''Adolf Lüderitz'' in 1940, and finally the ''Herman von Wissmamm'' and ''Gustav Nachtigal''.

Eight E-boats were built by Lürssen, Vegesack for the Yugoslav Navy from 1936 to 1939. These were named ''Orjen'', ''Durmitor'', ''Suvobor'', ''Kajmakcalan'', ''Velebit'', ''Dinaira'', ''Rudnik'' and ''Triglav''. Each measured 28.00 (overall)/27.70 (waterline) x 4.3046 x 1.51 m (91&nbsp;ft 10in/90&nbsp;ft 10in x 14&nbsp;ft 1in4in x 4&nbsp;ft 11in) and 51 tonnes standard (61.7 tonstonnes full load). Three Daimler-Benz petrrolBF2 petrol engines of 1,100&nbsp;hp each = 3,300&nbsp;hp = 4133 kts, while they carried 5.8 tonnes of petrrol to give them a radius of 265 nmiles @ 33 knots. Each carried two 550mm torpedo tubes, a 40mm gun and 16 men. ''Kajmakcalan'' and ''Durmitor'' escaped to Alexandria in April 1941 to join the Allies; the other six fell into Italian hands and became ''Ms41'' to ''Ms46'', four of them eventually captured by the Germans and refitted with standard 533&nbsp;mm torpedoes (see below under "''S2 '' class").

The poor seaworthiness of the Italian-designed [[MAS (ship)|MAS]] boats of World War I and early World War II led its navy to build its own version of E-boats, the CRDA 60 t type, classed MS (''Motosilurante''). The prototype was designed on the pattern of the six German-built E-boats captured from the [[Royal Yugoslav Navy|Yugoslav Navy]] in 1941. Two of them sank the British light cruiser {{HMS|Manchester|15|6}} in August 1942, the largest warship to be sunk by fast torpedo craft in the Second World War.<ref name="regiamarina">{{cite web |url=http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=77&lid=1 |title=MAS, VAS and MS |website=regiamarina.net}}</ref>

The ''Kriegsmarine'' supplied the Spanish [[Francoist Spain|Francoist]] Navy with six E-boats (''S1'' to ''S6'') in December 1936 during the [[Spanish Civil War]], and sold six more (''S73'', ''S78'', ''S124'', ''S125'', ''S126'' and ''S134'') to them in 1943 during the Second World War. Another six were built in Spain with some assistance from Lürssen. A motor boat of the early series, either the ''Falange'' or the ''Requeté'', laid two mines off [[Almería]] that crippled the British destroyer [[HMS Hunter (H35)|HMS ''Hunter'']] on 13 May 1937. The German-built boats were discarded in the 1960s, while some of the Spanish-built ones served until the early 1970s.<ref>Coello, J.L. (1995). ''Buques de la Armada española años de la postguerra''. S.L. AGUALARGA EDITORES, {{ISBN|978-84-88959-15-7}}</ref>

The Chinese Nationalist government also ordered eight ''S30''-class E-boats and a [[torpedo boat tender|tender]], [[Chinese torpedo boat tender Qi Jiguang|''Qi Jiguang'']] (戚繼光). These were all taken over while under construction by the ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'' in 1939. The E-boats had MB502 diesels and were shorter (by 2.18m) than the standard ''S26'' design of boats. They were re-numbered as ''S30'' to ''S37'', while the ''Qi Jiguang'' was renamed ''[[German fleet tender Tanga|Tanga]]''.

Germany sold four E-boats to Romania on 14 August 1944.<ref>Crăciunoiu, Cristian. ''Romanian navy torpedo boats'' (Modelism Publishing, 2003<!--city?-->), pp. 154-155.</ref> These vessels displaced 65 tons, had a top speed of 30 knots generated by three Mercedes-Benz engines totalling {{cvt|2850|hp|disp=flip}} and were armed with two {{cvt|500|&nbsp;mm}} (19.685&nbsp;in) torpedo tubes. Each of the four boats had a crew of 25. They were numbered 10 to 13 (formerly ''S151'', ''S152'', ''S153'' and ''S154'') and served in the Romanian Navy until at least 1954.<ref>[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71f2Uz7UShL._SL1467_.jpg ''Jane's fighting ships: 1953-1954'', Sampson Low, Marston, 1955, p. 294]</ref>

Lieutenant-Commander {{ill|Hans-Helmut Klose|de}} was assigned to command a German crew, recruited by the British [[MI-6MI6]] and funded by the American [[Office of Policy Coordination]]. The missions were assigned the codename "[[Operation Jungle]]". The boats carried out their missions under the cover of the [[Control Commission for Germany – British Element|British Control Commission's]] Fishery Protection Service, which was responsible for preventing Soviet navy vessels from interfering with German fishing boats and for destroying stray mines. The home port of the boats was [[Kiel]], and operated under the supervision of Harvey-Jones. Manned by Klose and his crew, they usually departed for the island of [[Bornholm]] waving the [[White Ensign]], where they would hoist the Swedish flag for a dash to [[Gotland]], and there they would wait for orders from Hamburg. The first mission consisted in the landing of Lithuanian agents at [[Palanga]], [[Lithuania]], in May 1949,<ref>[[Dorril, Stephen]] (2002).'' MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service. ''Simon and Schuster, pp. 190-91. {{ISBN|0-7432-1778-0}}</ref> and the last one took place in April 1955 in [[Saaremaa]], [[Estonia]].<ref name=ad /> During the last two years of the operation, three new German-built motorboats replaced the old E-boats.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hess |first1=Sigurd |title=The Clandestine Operations of Hans Helmut Klose and the British Baltic Fishery Protection Service (BBFPS) 1945–1956 |journal=The Journal of Intelligence History |year=2001 |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=169–178 |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |doi= 10.1080/16161262.2001.10555054|s2cid=162499902 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXYAGisbPZUC&pg=PA169 }}</ref> Klose was later assigned the command of a patrol boat in the ''[[Bundesmarine]]'' and became commander-in-chief of the fleet before his retirement in 1978.<ref name=ad>Adams, Jefferson (2009)''. Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence''. Scarecrow Press, pp. 234-35. {{ISBN|0-8108-6320-0}}</ref>

''S130'' was purchased and towed from Wilhelmshaven to the Husbands Shipyard, Marchwood, [[Southampton]], England in January 2003, under the auspices of the British Military Powerboat Trust. In 2004, ''S130'' was taken to the slipway at Hythe, where, under the supervision of the BMPT, she was prepared and then towed to Mashfords yard in [[Cremyll]], Cornwall, England to await funding for restoration. In 2008, ''S130'', having been purchased by the [[The Wheatcroft Collection|Wheatcroft Collection]], was set up ashore at [[Southdown, Cornwall|Southdown]] in Cornwall to undergo restoration work involving Roving Commissions Ltd. AsIn ofJuly June2020, ''S130'' was still awaiting 2012restoration, thiswith workthe continuesintention andthat includesupon ancompletion S130it Members'would Clubbe a museum-ship at the Richmond dry docks in [[Bideford|Bideford, Devon]].<ref name="Boating 2020">{{Citationcite news needed|title=S130 |url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/boating-nz/20200701/283369064287479 |access-date=March2 May 2023 |work=Boating Magazine |date=1 July 20212020}}</ref>

The ''Schnellboot'' design evolved over time.<ref>https://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/index.html. {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> The first groups had a pair of torpedo tubes fitted on the foredeck, but from ''S26'' onwards the forecastle had been raised so that the torpedo tubes were built into the structure.

The first post-WW1 torpedo boat was ordered in November 1929 to be built by [[Lürssen]] at [[Vegesack]], near [[Bremen]], in 1930 as their Yard No. 12120, using mahogany and light metal composite. Originally numbered as ''UZ(S)16'', it was commissioned into the Reichmarine on 7 August 1930. It was renamed ''W1'' inon 31 March 1931, and then as ''S1'' on 16 March 1932. It measured 26.8 x 4.2 x 1.06 metres (87&nbsp;ft x 13&nbsp;ft 9in x 3&nbsp;ft 6in) and had a displacement of 39 tons standard (50 tons full load). Powered by three Daimler-Benz BF2 12-cylinder 900&nbsp;hp petrol engines on three shafts, with a rating of 2,700&nbsp;bhp, it had a sustained speed of 34.2 knots (maximum 39.8 knots). It carried two 500mm (19.685 inch) torpedo tubes and one 20mm flak gun. It had a complement of 12 (later 18() men. Along with the next five boats (''S2'' to ''S6''), it was sold to Spainstricken on 10 December 1936 and renamedsold to Spain as ''Badajoz'' (renamed ''LT15'' in 1939).

The first production of the E-boat in 1931, a lengthened version of the prototype ''S1''. The first two were ordered from Lürssen on 28 April 1931 and the other two on 16 July 1931. Each measured 27.95 x 4.2 x 1.06 metres (91&nbsp;ft 8in x 13&nbsp;ft 9in x 3&nbsp;ft 6in) and had a displacement of 46.5 tons standard (58 tons full load). Powered by Daimler-Benz petrol engines on three shafts, with a rating of 3,300&nbsp;bhp, they had a speed of 33.8 knots. Armament and men as in ''S1''. They formed a "Half Flotilla" and were used for training crews for later E-boats; all were transferredstricken toon Spain10 inDecember 1936, (along with ''S1'') andfor transfer ''S6''to Spain.

The first diesel-powered boat, was also builtordered byfrom Lürssen, Vegesack inon 193328 August 1932. Its dimensions and other details were the same as for ''S7'' to ''S9''. OrderedIt onwas 26stricken August 1932, it wasand sold to Spain on 10 December 1936 (together with the preceding petrol-engined boats) and renamed ''Toledo'' (renamed ''LT14'' in 1939 and stricken in 1942).

Built from 1933 onwards. Similar to ''S6'', but with an improved hull form, these were the first operational diesel boats. The first three, ordered (together with ''S6'') on 26 August 1932, were fitted with MAN L7 19/30 diesels on three shafts giving a speed of 36.5 knots and measured 8075.8 tonstonnes standard (95 tonstonnes full load), while the last four - ordered on 20 July 1932 - were equipped with the more reliable Daimler-Benz MB502 diesels of 3,960&nbsp;hp to produce 35 knots, and were 78 tonstonnes standard (92 tonstonens full load). They had a fuel capacity of 10.5 tonnes, giving them a radfius of 600 nmiles @ 30 knots. All measured 32.4036 x 45.9006 x 1.2136 m (106&nbsp;ft 3in2in x 16&nbsp;ft 6in x 4&nbsp;ft 6in) except that ''S10'' to ''S13'' had a draught of 1.42m (4&nbsp;ft 8in). These carried the larger 533mm (21-inch) torpedoes rather than the 500mm of the petrol-driven boats; two torpedo tubes were mounted on the forecastle, and the boats also carried a single 20mm MgC/30 gun, with a crew of 18 (later 21) men.

| ''S7''||Lürssen, Vegesack||24 February 1934||10 October 1934||Transferred to BritainUK in May 1945, scuttled in the North Sea 2 May 1946.

| ''S8''||Lürssen, Vegesack||23 January 1934||6 September 1934||Converted to fast submarine hunter inon 11 September 1940, transferred to BritainUK postwarin 1945, scrappedbut scuttled in the North Sea on 17 afterMay 19471945

| ''S9''||Lürssen, Vegesack||24 February 1934||12 June 1935||Converted to fast submarine hunter inon 5 August 1940, <br>transferred to Norway in July 1945, <br>sunk 18 January 1946 in the North Sea,

| ''S10''||Lürssen, Vegesack||26 August 1934||7 March 1935||TransferredTo USA in 1945; transferred to Norway in 1945, scrapped 1950

| ''S11''||Lürssen, Vegesack||24 October 1934||3 August 1935||Transferred to SovietUSSR Navyon 5 November 1945 as ''TK-1002'', scrapped in later 1940s.

| ''S12''||Lürssen, Vegesack||18 February 1935||31 August 1935||Transferred to Norway in July 1945, sunk 18 January 1946 in the North Sea

| ''S15''||Lürssen, Vegesack||15 February 1936||27 February 1937||Transferred to US Navy post-war, but given to Denmark in July 1847 as ''T46'' and broken up there.

| ''S16''||Lürssen, Vegesack||7 April 1937||22 December 1937||Transferred to SovietUSSR Navyon 513 NovemberFebruary 19451946 as ''TK-1003'', scrapped 1950 or later.

| ''S17''||Lürssen, Vegesack||29 July 1937||18 March 1938||Decommissioned 8 September 1939 following heavy storm damage on 4 September off [[Heligoland]], and scrapped.

Built from 1937 onwards. Two new boats were ordered on 21 December 1936 (''S18'' and ''S19'') and six more boats (''S20'' to ''S25'') on 29 December 1937. Almost identical to the ''S14'' class, but with 3 Mercedes Benz MB501 engines (of total 6,000&nbsp;hp) instead of MAN engines. The bridge, which had been in front of the wheelhouse on earlier designasdesigns, was raised to the wheelhouse roof to increase all-round visibility.<ref>Lawrence Paterson, ''Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History'', p. 22</ref>

| ''S24''||Lürssen, Vegesack||4 July 1939||18 September 1939||Transferred to SovietUSSR Navyon 515 NovemberJanuary 19451946 as ''TK-1004'', scrapped 1950 or later.

'''===1938 batches'''Orders===

| ''S31''||Lürssen, Vegesack||21 October 1939||28 December 1939||Sunk by mine inoff the MediterraneanMalta on 10 May 1942

| ''S32''||Lürssen, Vegesack||22 November 1939||15 March 1940||Sunk by mine off Dungeness on 2221 June 1940.

| ''S33''||Lürssen, Vegesack||23 November 1939||23 March 1940||Beached on [[Unije]] Island on 10 January 1945 and sunk by British MGBs''MGB 698'' on 16 January 1945.<ref name="Lawrence Paterson p. 231">Lawrence Paterson, ''Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History'', p. 231</ref>

| ''S34''||Lürssen, Vegesack||29 February 1940||30 April 1940||Sunk by German Me109Bf 109 following severe damage by coastal artillery at Valetta on 17 May 1942.

| ''S36''||Lürssen, Vegesack||20 April 1940||14 June 1940||DeliveredDamaged in collision with ''S61'' and paid off; delivered to Allied forces at Ancona on 3 May 1945.

| ''S50''||Lürssen, Vegesack||18 June 1941||25 July 1941||To USSR 1945on 15 January 1946, renamed ''TK-1005''. Scrapped 1950.

| ''S65''||Lürssen, Vegesack||20 September 1941||16 June 1942||To USSR 5on November15 1945January 1946 as ''TK-1006'', scrapped 1950.

| ''S68''||Lürssen, Vegesack||6 November 1941||1 July 1942||To USA 1945, given to Denmark 29471947 as ''T62'', renamed ''Viben'' 2953.1953, scrapped 1966.

| ''S71S109''||LürssenSchlichting, VegesackTravemünde||414 DecemberAugust 1941||1114 JanuarySeptember 19421941||SunkTo byUSSR British9n destroyers4 18January February1946 1943as in''TK-1012'', thescrapped Channel,1949.

| ''S74S112''||LürssenSchlichting, VegesackTravemünde||122 FebruaryDecember 19421941||2728 MarchJanuary 1942||To France in 1945, scrapped 1951.

| ''S75S113''||LürssenSchlichting, VegesackTravemünde||?7 February 1942||914 AprilMarch 1942|||To USSR on 5 November 1945 as ''TK-1014'', scrapped 1949.

| ''S76S114''||LürssenSchlichting, VegesackTravemünde||14 March 1942||123 MayApril 1942||Sunk in British air attack on 2 August 1944 at Le Havre.

| ''S77S115''||LürssenSchlichting, VegesackTravemünde||3110 MarchApril 1942||930 May 1942||To UK in 1945, fate unknown.

| ''S81S70''||Lürssen, Vegesack||194215 November 1941||2811 JulyDecember 19421941||ToSunk USSRby 5mine Novemberin 1945the asChannel ''TK-1001'',5 scrappedMarch 19501943.

| ''S82S71''||Lürssen, Vegesack||19424 December 1941||2111 AugustJanuary 1942||ToSunk USSRby 5British Novemberdestroyers 194518 asFebruary ''TK-1008'',1943 in scrappedthe 1950Channel.

| ''S83S72''||Lürssen, Vegesack||194218 December 1941||73 SeptemberFebruary 1942||ToSunk Britainin 1945Soviet air attack at [[Sulina]], fateRomania unknownon 19 August 1944.<ref name="Lawrence Paterson p. 261"/>

| ''S84S73''||Lürssen, Vegesack||6 January 1942||19 SeptemberFebruary 1942||SunkSold byto British air attackSpain on Le16 HavreAugust on1943 14 June 1944.<ref name="Lawrence Paterson p. 289-290">Lawrence Paterson,as ''Schnellboote: A Complete Operational HistoryLT23'', p. 289-290</ref>

| ''S86S118''||Lürssen,Schlichting VegesackTravemünde||30 July 1942||1514 OctoberSeptember 1942||To USSR 5on 14 NovemberJanuary 19451946 as ''TK-10091015'', scrapped 19501949.

| ''S87S119''||Lürssen,Schlichting VegesackTravemünde||27 August 1942||422 NovemberOctober 1942||SunkScuttled inafter Britishcollision airwith attack''S114'' 20on May8 1944March off1943 [[Ostend]]in the Channel.

| ''S88S120''||Lürssen,Schlichting VegesackTravemünde||613 October 1942||205 NovemberDecember 1942|||To Britain 1945, scrapped 1947.

| ''S93S125''||Lürssen,Schlichting VegesackTravemünde||173 DecemberApril 19421943||416 FebruaryMay 1943||SunkSold into USSpain airon attack16 atAugust Ijmuidden1943 onas 26 March 1944''LT25''.

| ''S94S74''||Lürssen, Vegesack||3112 DecemberFebruary 1942||1827 FebruaryMarch 19431942||ScuttledSunk afterby collisiontorpedo withfrom ''S128S135'' on 235 FebruaryNovember 1943 after being disabled in British air 1944attack.

| ''S95S75''||Lürssen, Vegesack||?February 1942||289 FebruaryApril 1942||Sunk by British air attack on 5 March 1943 at [[Ijmuiden]].

| ''S96S76''||Lürssen, Vegesack||21March January1942||1 1943May 1942||11To MarchUSA 1945, given to Norway 1947, scrapped 19431950.

| ''S97S77''||Lürssen, Vegesack||194331 March 1942||9 May 1942||Sunk by gunfire 25 MarchJuly 1943 in action off [[Ostend]] with British ''MGB40'' and ''MGB42''.

| ''S98S78''||Lürssen, Vegesack||19438 April 1942||103 AprilJune 1942||Sold to Spain on 16 August 1943 as ''LT24''.

| ''S99S79''||Lürssen, Vegesack||194322 April 1942||1727 AprilJune 1942||To Norway 1945, given to Denmark 1947 as ''T58'', renamed ''Musvaagen'', scrapped 19431955.

| ''S100S80''||Lürssen, Vegesack||19431942||510 MayJuly 19431942||Sunk by Britishmine airoff attack[[Viborg, onDenmark|Viborg]] Lein Havrethe Baltic Sea on 141 JuneSeptember 1944.<ref name="Lawrence Paterson p. 289-290"/>

| ''S101S83''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||25 September 19401942||307 NovemberSeptember 19401942||To USSR 5 NovemberBritain 1945 as ''TK-1011'', scrappedfate 1950unknown.

| ''S104S86''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||18 February 19411942||2715 MarchOctober 19411942||SunkTo byUSSR mineon 94 January 19431946 inas ''TK-1009'', thescrapped Channel1950.

| ''S106S88''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||266 AprilOctober 19411942||620 JuneNovember 19411942||Sunk by minegunfire 27from JuneHMS 1941''Worcester'' inand [[GulfBritish ofMTBs Bothniaon 25 October 1943 off [[Cromer]].

| ''S110S92''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||13 September 19411942||1014 OctoberJanuary 19411943||To USSR 5 NovemberBritain 1945 as ''TK-1013'', scrappedsold 19491947.

| ''S112S94''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||231 December 19411942||2818 JanuaryFebruary 19421943||ToScuttled Franceafter incollision 1945,with ''S128'' on 23 scrappedFebruary 19511944.

| ''S113S95''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||7 February 1942||1428 MarchFebruary 1942|1943||To USSR 5 NovemberBritain 1945 as ''TK-1014'', scrappedsold 1949.

| ''S115S97''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||10 April 19421943||3025 MayMarch 19421943||To UK inUSA 1945, fategiven to Denmark 1947 as ''Ravnen'', scrapped unknown1963.

| ''S116S98''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||7 May 18421943||410 JulyApril 19421943|| To Denmark inUSA 1945;, soldgiven to GermanyNorway 1953,1948 burntas to''Kvikk'', accidentscrapped 19651950.

| ''S117S99''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||13 June 19421943||817 AugustApril 19421943|| To USA1945,USSR thenon to4 NorwayJanuary 1946 as ''Tross''; sold 1951 to Denmark as ''HejrenTK-1010'', scrapped 19651950.

| ''S119S134''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||27 August 19421943||2229 OctoberMay 19421943||ScuttledSold afterto collision with ''S114''Spain on 816 MarchAugust 1943 inas the Channel''LT26''.

| ''S120S135''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||13 October 19421943||529 DecemberMay 1942|1943||To BritainUSSR 1945on 4 January 1946, becoming ''TK-1018''; scrapped 19471952.

| ''S122S137''||SchlichtingLürssen, TravemündeVegesack||30 December 19421943||216 FebruaryJuly 1943||ToSunk USAby inUSAAF 1945;raid to(by Denmark8th 1947Air asForce ''T64'';B-17s) scrappedon 1956Kiel on 29 July 1943.

| ''S130''||Schlichting Travemünde||18 September 1943||21 October 1943||To UK 1945, sold to Germany 1957 as ''UW10''. Still extentextant in UK.

| Number||Builder||Launched||Commissioned||Fate

| ''S151''||Gusto Werf, Schiedam|| ||19 December 1941||SurrenderedBadly damaged off Korkula by British destroyere on 11 July 1944; surrendered to Allies at Ancona 3 May 1945.

| ''S152''||Gusto Werf, Schiedam||31 ||March 1942||Surrendered to Allies at Ancona 3 May 1945.

| ''S153''||Gusto Werf, Schiedam||19 ||April 1942||Sunk by HMS ''Eggesford'' and ''Blackmore'' off [[Hvar]] 12 June 1944.<ref>Lawrence Paterson, ''Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History'', p. 223</ref>

| ''S154''||Gusto Werf, Schiedam||10 ||June 1942||Sunk by bombing at Pola 22 January 1945

| ''S155''||Gusto Werf, Schiedam||19 ||July 1942||Surrendered to Allies at Ancona 3 May 1945

| ''S156''||Gusto Werf, Schiedam||5 ||September 1942||Surrendered to Allies at Ancona 3 May 1945

| ''S157''||Gusto Werf, Schiedam||8 ||September 1942||Sunk by Yogoslav mortar fire west of Trieste 1 May 1945

| ''S158''||Gusto Werf, Schiedam|| ||9 September 1942||SunkDisabled by British air attack at Sibenik 25 October 1944, then scuttled on 26 or 27 October.<ref>Lawrence Paterson, ''Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History'', p. 229</ref>

Eight further vessels had been intended by the Dutch Navy as ''TM62'' to ''TM70'', and material had been collected for their construction at Schiedam. They were cancelled with the German occupation in May 1940; they were re-ordered (as ''S159'' to ''S166'') from Gusto Werf inon 11 July 1941, but construction of these stopped in April 1942.

| ''S190''||Schlichting Travemünde||30 March 1944||22 April 1944||Sunk by gunfire from British shgipsships in Seine Estuary on 23 June 1944.

| ''S209''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||21 October 1944||To USSR in 1945, renamed ''TK-1021''; scrapped 1954.

| ''S211''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||1 October 1944||To USSR 1945on 15 January 1946, renamed ''TK-1022''; scrapped 1954.

| ''S214''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||8 December 1944||To USSR 1945on 4 January 1946, renamed ''TK-1023''; scrapped 1954.

| ''S221''||Schlichting Travemünde||16 August 1944||10 September 1944||To BritainUK 1945. Scrapped 1948.

| ''S222''||Schlichting Travemünde||31 August 1944||23 September 1944||To USSR 1945on 4 January 1946, renamed ''TK-1025''. Scrapped 1953.

| ''S228''||Schlichting Travemünde||1944||19 April 1945||To BritainUK 1945. Scrapped 1946.

The final batch ordered fromon Lürssen4 inDecember 1944-451943 comprised 125a massive total of 282 units - ''S229'' to ''S260'' (32 boats) from Schlichting; ''S301'' to ''S425'' (125 boats) from Lürssen; and ''S701'' to ''S825'' (125 boats) from Danziger Waggon at [[Danzig]]. OfThe first four of the Schlichting boats (''S229'' to ''S230'') were completed by April 1945 but not placed into service; these were presumably broken up in the shipyard following the cessation of hostilities. Of the projected numbers from the other two builders only the first sevenfive from Lürssen and 9 from Danzig were completed. Another seven were launched but not completed; these were scuttled in the North Sea, while fourteen more were scrapped in the Lürssen shipyard (''S308'' to ''S328''). Theand finalothers 97at (''S329''Travemünde toand ''S425'')Danzig. The remainder were all cancelled.

| ''S301''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||31 January 1945||Scuttled 47 May 1945 in Fehmannsound after collision with ''S191''.

| ''S302''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||12 February 1945||To USA at end of war, then became Norwegian ''E1'' in July 1947, renamed ''Blink'' in 1948; sold to Denmark 1951 as ''Falken'', scrapped 1972.

| ''S303''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||24 February 1945||To USA at end of war, then became Norwegian ''E2'' in July 1946, renamed ''Brand'' in 1948; sold to Denmark 1950 as ''Taarnfalken'', scrapped 1972.

| ''S304''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||9 March 1945||ScrappedTo UK in 1945; scrapped 1946.

| ''S305''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||29 March 1945||To USA at end ofin war1945, then became Danishto Denmark on 31 July 1947 as ''JagtfalkenT57'' in 1947, later named ''Jagtfalken'', scrapped 1962.

| ''S306''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||April 1945 <br>(incomplete)||To USA at end ofin war1945, then becameto DanishDenmark on 31 July 1947 as ''Glenten'' in 1947, scrapped 1960.

| ''S307''||Lürssen, Vegesack||1944||April 1945 <br>(incomplete)||To UK atin end of war1945, then scrapped.

Late war design proposal with stern torpedo tubes and 30&nbsp;mm gun turret forward. These were intended to be slightly larger, of prefabricated construction, and to be propelled by the supercharged MB518 engines. They were to have carried two stern-firing torpedo tubes in addition to the usual two bow tubes, with a special 30mm gun in a bow turret. These were ordered from Danziger Waggonfabrik at Danzig on 4 December 1943 as ''S701'' to ''S825'' (125 boats), but only the first nine boats were built, and these were completed to ''S100'' design specification with MB511 diesel engines after the production of the MB518 engine was cancelled due to Allied bombing. The other boats were cancelled or scrapped unfinished in the shipyard.

| ''S701''||Danziger Waggonfabrik||1944||3 July 1944||ToBadly damaged on 23 January 1945 in collision with ''S199''; <br>to USA post-war1945, then sold to Netherlands Navy 1951

| ''S702''||Danziger Waggonfabrik||1944||30 July 1944||Sunk in action with British MTBs on 19 September 1944 after collision with ''S200''.

| ''S703''||Danziger Waggonfabrik||1944||30 August 1944||Sunk inafter collision with ''S202'' on 8 April 1945 in the [[Scheldt]] approaches in action with British MGBs.<ref name="Lawrence Paterson p. 312"/>

| ''S704''||Danziger Waggonfabrik||1944||2 October 1944||To USSR postwaron 15 January 1946 as ''TK-1027'', scrapped 1949

| ''S705''||Danziger Waggonfabrik||1944||22 October 1944||To BritainUK postwaron 4 January 1946, scrapped 1947.

| ''S706''||Danziger Waggonfabrik||1944||31 October 1944||To USA postwaron 30 January 1947, fate unknown.

| ''S707''||Danziger Waggonfabrik||1944||4 December 1944||To USSR on 15 January 1946 as ''TK-1028'', scrapped 1949.

| ''S708''||Danziger Waggonfabrik||1944||19 February 1945||To USSR on 15 January 1946 as ''TK-1029'', scrapped 1954.

| ''S709''||Danziger Waggonfabrik||1944||1945||To USSR postwaron 29 March 1946 as ''TK-1030'', scrapped 1949.

A class of small fast attack craft designed as offensive mine-layers (rated ''Küstenminenleger''), able to carry up to 4 mines, and to operate close to enemy shores. They measured 15.95 x 3.50 x 1.10 m (52&nbsp;ft 4in x 1511&nbsp;ft 10in6in x 3&nbsp;ft 8in7in); 15/16 tonnes standard (18/19 tonstonnes full load). Powered by 2 BMW MB507 12-cylinder aero engines producing 1,650&nbsp;hp (32 knots), although four boats (nos. 1, 2, 5 and 6) had two Junkers 4-cylinder diesels of 1,500&nbsp;hp to produce speeds of 30/40.9 knots; radius 225 miles at 25 knots. A total of 36 were ordered (most on 29 and 31 July 1940, but ''KM1'' to ''KM4'' were ordered on 26 August, and ''KM25'' and ''KM26'' on 11 October 1940), but as their engines proved unreliable, they were not used in their intended role and instead most were employed in lakes and rivers, being attached to the [[Lake Peipus|Peipusee]] Flotilla (''KM3'' to the [[Lake Ladoga|Ladogasee]] Flotilla). As minelayers they carried four TMB mines and a single Mg39 gun, plus a crew of 6. 21 boats were equipped with 2 x 450mm fixed stern torpedo tubes replkacing the mines, and were reclassed as '''KS-boats''' (''Kleinst Schnellboote''), retaining their original numberss but replacing the "KM" prefix by "KS".

| ''KS1''||Nordbjaerg & Wedell, [[Copenhagen]]||18 December 1941||February 1944||SunkTo Finland in 1942; sunk 2 July 1944 but raised; to USSR 1945, fate unknown.

| ''KS2''||Nordbjaerg & Wedell, Copenhagen||18 December 1941||February 1944||To Finland in 1942; to USSR 1945, fate unknown.

| ''KS22''||Nordbjaerg & Wedell, Copenhagen||9 June 1942||1943||To Finland in 1942; to USSR 1945, fate unknown.

Another class of even smaller fast attack boat, not intended to operate independently, but to be based on auxiliary cruisers or other vessels operating in overseas areas. They measured 12.50 x 3.46 x 1.02 m (41&nbsp;ft x 11&nbsp;ft 4in x 3&nbsp;ft 4in). These 2-shaft boats weighed 11.5 - 13 tons. The first six were powered by two Junkers 6-cyl JuMo205 aircraft engines, they reached 38 knots. Later boats had two Daimler-Benz MB507 12-cyl diesels of 2,000&nbsp;hp reaching 40.9 knots, and with an endurance of 300 miles at 30 knots. They carried two 450mm torpedo tuubestubes (instead of up to 4 mines), but had depth charges and a single 20mm MG (in an enclosed turret), plus 7 men. A total of 34 of these boats were ordered, the prototype from Naglo Werft, Berlin, and all the others from Dornier Werft, [[Friedrichshafen]], but the prototype was not completed and only the next eleven were completed; another six (''LS13'' to ''LS18'') were taken over by France incomplete following the war's end, and completed for them; the final 16 (''LS19'' to ''LS34'') were cancelled in 1944.

| ''LS10''||Dornier Werft||27 January 1944||Sunk by aircraft on 1214 October 1944 off [[Volos]].

* {{cite book |title=E-boat vs MTB: The English Channel 1941–45 |publisher=Osprey |last=Williamson |first=Gordon |year=2011 |location=Oxford ; Long Island City |isbn=978-1-84908-407-9}}