page_title: Jaguar-class fast attack craft
hierarchical_section_title: Jaguar-class fast attack craft
caption_attribution_description: עברית: טרפדות מדגם יגואר בצי גרמניה English: Fast attack craft "Dommel" of "5. SG" (means fast patrol boat squadron 5). The Type 140 Jaguar class were the first new invented vessels of the West German Navy after WW II. They were an evolution of the german torpedo boats (E boats) of World War II. Sa'ar 1 to 3 classes ("Cherbourg") were missile boats built in Cherbourg, France at the Amiot Shipyard based on Israeli Navy modification of the German Navy's Jaguar class fast attack craft. , Elster and Dommel are boats from these squadron. Deutsch: Das Schnellboot "Dommel" des 5. Schnellbootgeschwaders ("5.SG"). Die Schnellboote der Jaguar-Klasse (Marinebezeichnung: Klasse 140/141) waren die ersten neu entwickelten Kriegsschiffe der Bundesmarine und eine Weiterentwicklung der Schnellboote aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Die "Sa'ar 1 bis 3 Klassen" wurden auf Grundlage der Jaguar-Klasse nach Modifikationen israelischen Marine in Frankreich gebaut.
context_page_description: The Type 140 Jaguar-class fast attack craft is an evolution of the German torpedo 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 1957 to 1975. 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.
context_section_description: 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 1957 to 1975. 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.
caption: Dommel in the late 1960s, showing her 40 mm guns
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