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{{Short description|Missle boats in the German Navy}}
{{more footnotes|date=February 2013}}

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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = Elster P6154.jpg
| Ship caption = ''Tiger''-class vessel ''S54 Elster''
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Tiger'' class
| Builders = 
| Operators = *{{navy|Germany}}
*{{navy|Greece}}
*{{navy|Chile}}
*{{navy|Egypt}}
*{{navy|Georgia}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Zobel|fast attack craft|4}}
| Class after = {{sclass|Albatros|fast attack craft|4}}
| Subclasses = 
| Cost = 
| Built range = 1971–1975
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 1972–2002 (Germany)
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 
| Total ships completed = 20
| Total ships cancelled = 
| Total ships active = 
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 1
| Total ships retired = 
| Total ships preserved = 
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header = 
| Header caption = (After last refit)
| Ship type = [[Fast Attack Craft]]
| Ship displacement = {{convert|265|t|LT}}
| Ship length = {{convert|47|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|7|m|ft|abbr=on|0}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draught = {{convert|2.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = *4 [[MTU Friedrichshafen|MTU]] MD 16V 538 TB90 turbo [[diesel engine]]s, {{convert|8,800|kW|abbr=on}} total
*4 [[propeller shaft]]s
| Ship speed = {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = *{{convert|570|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}
*{{convert|1600|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}}
| Ship complement = 30
| Ship sensors = *SMA 3RM 20 navigation [[radar]]
*Triton G surveillance radar
*CASTOR II [[fire-control radar]]
*[[Link 11]] communications
| Ship EW = *[[Decoy]] and [[flare]] launcher
*[[Electronic countermeasures]] suite
| Ship armament = *1 × [[Otobreda 76 mm|OTO Melara 76mm gun]]
*1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70|Bofors L/70 40mm gun]]
*4 × [[Exocet|MM38 Exocet]] launchers
*8 × [[naval mine]]s
*The Bofors gun can be replaced with [[minelayer|mine laying]] rails
| Ship armour = 
| Ship notes = The ships have been updated twice (1982–84 and 1990–92), this represents the last update that was performed on all ships.
}}
|}

The '''Type 148 ''Tiger''-class fast attack craft'''  are a group of [[fast attack craft|missile boats]] built to [[La Combattante II type fast attack craft|a Franco-German design]] and seeing service in the [[German Navy]]. The vessels entered service in the 1970s and served into the early 21st century. While they have been mostly retired from German Navy service, many were transferred to other navies and remained in service longer.

== Design ==
[[File:German fast attack craft S57 Weihe (P6157) in the Baltic Sea on 28 August 1985.jpg|thumb|left|Tiger-class S57 Weihe (P6157), 1985]]
The vessels had been designed by [[Lürssen]] of Germany for [[Israel]]. They were a modification of the [[Jaguar-class fast attack craft]] but armed with the French [[Exocet]] missile. They were built mainly in France by [[Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie]] in [[Cherbourg]] (CMN) for political reasons; twelve were built and completed there, while another eight of the boats were laid down by CMH, but completed by Lürssen.

Their export to Israel was also blocked for political reasons, and the boats were commissioned into the German Navy as the ''Tiger'' class. A number of other boats were built by CMN for various navies to the same design, which became known as the [[La Combattante II type fast attack craft]].

== Operational history ==
The boats were commissioned into the ''Bundesmarine'' in the mid-1970s, replacing the ''Jaguar''-class vessels of the 3rd and 5th Squadrons. At first the boats did not receive names, only numbers, but these were introduced later at the insistence of the crews.

The ships served for 30 years, and received major updates in 1982–84 and 1990–92. After decommissioning they were scrapped or sold to different countries. No direct replacements were procured as due to the changed operating conditions the ''Deutsche Marine'' has reduced the number of these fast attack boats drastically and procured instead a smaller number of corvettes.

==Ship list==
{|class="wikitable"
![[NATO]]<br>[[Pennant number|pennant<br>number]]
!German<br>pennant<br>number
!Name
![[Call sign]]{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
![[Shipyard]]
!Laid down<ref name="cf86p191">{{Harvnb|Couhat|Baker|1986|p=191}}</ref>
!Launched<ref name="cf86p191"/>
!Commissioned<ref name="cf86p191"/>
!Decommissioned
!Status
|-
|P6141||S41||''Tiger''||DRBA||CMN||11 October 1971||27 September 1972
|30 October 1972||24 September 1998|| sold to the [[Chilean Navy]] as ''Teniente Uribe'' (LM-39); decommissioned 2014.
|-
|P6142||S42||''Iltis'' (Polecat)||DRBB||CMN||2 February 1972||12 December 1972 
|8 January 1973||15 October 1992|| sold to the [[Hellenic Navy]]
|-
|P6143||S43||''Luchs'' (Lynx)||DRBC||CMN||23 March 1972||7 March 1973
|9 April 1973||27 August 1998|| sold to the Chilean Navy for [[Cannibalization (parts)|scrapping]]
|-
|P6144||S44||''Marder'' (Marten)||DRBD||CMN||15 April 1972||5 May 1973
|14 July 1973||25 May 1994|| sold to the Hellenic Navy
|-
|P6145||S45||''Leopard''||DRBE||CMN||13 September 1972||3 July 1973
|21 August 1973||28 September 2000|| sold to the Hellenic Navy
|-
|P6146||S46||''Fuchs'' (Fox)||DRBF||[[Lürssen]]||10 March 1972||21 May 197
|17 October 1973||19 December 2002|| Sold to the [[Egyptian Navy]]
|-
|P6147||S47||''Jaguar''||DRBG||CMN||29 November 1972||20 September 1973
|13 November 1973||28 September 2000|| sold to the Hellenic Navy
|-
|P6148||S48||''Löwe'' (Lion)||DRBH||Lürssen||10 July 1972||10 September 1973
|9 January 1974||19 December 2002|| sold to the Egyptian Navy
|-
|P6149||S49||''Wolf''||DRBI||CMN||23 January 1973   ||11 January 1974
|26 February 1974||27 August 1997|| sold to the Chilean Navy in 1997 as ''Guardiamarina Riquelme'' (LM-36); decommissioned 2004.
|-
|P6150||S50||''Panther''||DRBJ||Lürssen||30 September 1972||10 December 1973
|27 March 1974||29 September 2002|| scrapped 2003
|-
|P6151||S51||''Häher'' (Jay)||DRBK||CMN||5 April 1973  ||26 April 1974
|12 June 1974||23 June 1994|| sold to the Hellenic Navy
|-
|P6152||S52||''Storch'' (Stork)||DRBL||Lürssen||12 March 1973||25 March 1974
|17 July 1974||12 November 1992|| sold to the Hellenic Navy
|-
|P6153||S53||''Pelikan'' (Pelican)||DRBM||CMN||11 September 1973||4 July 1974
|24 September 1974||25 June 1998|| sold to the Chilean Navy for scrapping.
|-
|P6154||S54||''Elster'' (Magpie)||DRBN||Lürssen||29 June 1973 || 8 July 1974
|14 November 1974||27 August 1997|| sold to the Chilean Navy in 1997 as ''Teniente Orella'' (LM-37); decommissioned 2014.
|-
|P6155||S55||''Alk'' (Auk)||DRBO||CMN||9 April 1974||15 November 1974
|7 January 1975||13 May 2002|| sold to the Egyptian Navy
|-
|P6156||S56||''Dommel'' (Bittern)||DRBP||Lürssen||13 December 1973||30 October 1974
|12 February 1975||19 December 2002|| sold to the Egyptian Navy
|-
|P6157||S57||''Weihe'' (Harrier)||DRBQ||CMN||2 July 1974||13 February 1975
|3 April 1975||19 December 2002|| sold to the Egyptian Navy
|-
|P6158||S58||''Pinguin'' (Penguin)||DRBR|| Lürssen ||11 March 1974||26 February 1975
|22 May 1975||28 June 2002|| scrapped 2003
|-
|P6159||S59||''Reiher'' (Heron)||DRBS||CMN||8 November 1974||15 May 1975
|24 June 1975||27 September 2002|| scrapped 2003
|-
|P6160||S60||''Kranich'' (Crane)||DRBT||Lürssen||9 May 1974||26 May 1975
|6 August 1975||24 September 1998|| sold to the Chilean Navy in 1998 as ''Teniente Serrano'' (LM-38); decommissioned 2014.
|}

== See also ==
* [[La Combattante class fast attack craft]]

== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Bibliography ===
*{{cite book |editor1-last=Couhat |editor1-first=Jean Labayle |editor2-last=Baker |editor2-first=A. D. III |title=Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87: Their Ships, Aircraft and Armament |year=1986 |location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85368-860-5}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLNzKON_R3cgNJgjneZiH6kQjhoJRUfV-P_NxUfW_9AP2C3IhyR0dFRQBLQr7s/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfMjNfMU9CSA!!?yw_contentURL=%2F01DB070000000001%2FW27JRCM6042INFODE%2Fcontent.jsp Schnellboote TIGER-Klase]  – Marine (Official homepage of the German Navy) {{in lang|de}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041206142606/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/germany/fac/tiger/index.html Warships on the Web]
* [http://www.s46-fuchs.net S46 Fuchs] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.s51-haeher.bergmann82.de/ S51 Häher] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.s58-pinguin.de S58 Pinguin] {{in lang|de}}

{{Ship classes of the Deutsche Marine}}

[[Category:Missile boat classes]]
[[Category:Missile boats of Germany]]
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[[Category:Missile boats of the Egyptian Navy]]
[[Category:France–Germany military relations]]