Tsingtau
First S-boat Tender - Tsingtau was first purpose-built Schnellboot (S-boat/E-boat) tender in Kriegsmarine. Built 1933-1934 by Blohm & Voss Hamburg.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 1980 t
- Displacement (full)
- 2490 t
- Crew
- 149
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1934-09-24
- Decommissioned
- 1945-05-12
Performance
- Top speed
- 13 kn
- Range
- 2000 nm at 10 knots
Armament
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 59.74
- Research cost
- 11,829
- Credit cost
- 41,818
Notable
- First purpose-built S-boat (Schnellboot/E-boat) tender in Kriegsmarine
- Designed specifically to support fast attack craft flotillas
- Speed match (17.5 knots) to operate alongside S-boat flotillas
- Specialized accommodations for 251 S-boat crews
- Mobile base concept for forward operations