Re The above names S Boat, I am attempting to find out more about the fate of this vessel. I know as S130 she was part of the Cherbourg (2nd) Flottila and was subsequently taken over by the R.N. in 1945 as P.5130. She was then returned to the Federal German Navy (Bundesmarine) as UW10 and in 1963 was ‘stricken from the List’. I have one photograph of her taken in 1989 as EF 3, pennant No Y.840 but does anyone have any more details about her or where I could find out More??
By: Wanshan - 26th February 2005 at 20:54
Building a model?
You can dig up quite a bit by just using Google and searching on ‘schnellboot’ in combination with the ship desginations you already mentioned. Here’s what I found:
Built at Schlichting Travemünde, 1943. Launched 18.09.1943 and commissioned 21.10.1943. One of the boats that sunk LSTs of the British coast that were participating in Exercise Tiger (just before D-day). Taken over by Britain as P5130 in 1945, used for early SIGINT. Sold to Germany in 1957 as UW 10 . Reclassified as experimental ship EF3 in 1968, sold in 1991 in Wilhemshaven, where she remained as a house-boat until her acquisition for restoration in England by her present owners (The British Powerboat Trust) in January 2003. It is the only known, surviving and seaworthy S-boot!
Lots of info here:
http://www.bmpt.org.uk/boats/S130/index1.htm
http://www.bmpt.org.uk/boats/S130/index2.htm
http://www.bmpt.org.uk/boats/S130/index3.htm
http://www.bmpt.org.uk/News/news.htm
http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/ships/fastattack/schnellboot1940/ships.html
http://www.schnellboot.net/de/bm/149/vorlage/
http://www.schnellboot.net/div/bilder/de/uw/
http://www.schnellboot.net/div/bilder/de/uw/uw10.html
http://www.schnellboot.net/div/bilder/de/uw/uw11.html
http://www.marinefunker.de/deu/mfrs/2003/mfrs1203.txt
http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/km/sboot/s-verbleib.htm
http://www.mikekemble.com/ww2/slapton.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Boot
S130 today
UW 11, her sistership
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February 26, 2005 at 3:03 pm