S-103 ble bygget i Travemünde i 1940, og kom i tjeneste den 9. Februar 1941. Vi har ikke lykkes å finne ut detaljer om S-103 tjeneste under den andre verdenskrig, men den 4. mai 1945 var S-103 på vei mot Flensborg fra Svend Borg gjennom Lille Bælt nær Danmark.Ombord på torpedobåten var Oberleutnant z.s Hans Wulf Heckel som hadde tatt over kommandoen over S-103 for kun to dager siden, og 32 andre menn. Mange av disse var ikke en del av besetningen, men marine personell under overføring til Flensborg. Utenfor Als ble S-103 angrepet av allierte fly og angrepet med raketter, og sank i dypet to sjømil fra kysten tretti minutter senere. Kun 16 mann overlevde denne senkingen. Vraket av S-103 står på kjølen i god stand 3 nautiske mil sydøst for Mommark på en dybde av trettitre meter. Det er blitt funnet ammunisjon og dybdebomeber, og det er derfor dykkeforbud her ...

S-103 was built in Travemünde in 1940, and was put in service 9. February 1941. We have not succeeded in finding out details of S-103 service during the second world war, but on 4. May 1945 S-103 was on her way towards Flensborg from Svend Borg through Lille Bælt near Denmark. On board the torpedo boat was Oberleutnant z.s Hans Wulf Heckel who had taken over the command over S-103 only two days before, and 32 other men. Many of these were not part of the crew, but marine personnel under transfer  to Flensborg. Outside Als S-103 was attacked by allied airplanes and attacked by rockets, and sank in the deep two nautical miles from the coast thirty minutes later. Only 16 men survived this sinking. The wreck of S-103 stands on her keel in a good condition  3 nautical miles south east of Mommark on a depth of thirty three meters. There has been found ammunition and depth charges, and it is therefore prohibited to dive here…

 

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S - 103
  
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34,9x 5,3,0x 1,67 m.
       
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109 \ Travemünde ( D ) 1940 ( D )  

 

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N 54 54,01 E 10 07,25

Launched 21. December 1940. Commisioned 9. February 1941. The Schnellboot class 1939/1940 was the largest of fast attack boats produced in Germany. Most of the more than 100 boats produced was lost under second world war, while tha remaining were given to Soviet Union, Norway and Denmark. One remaining ( S-130 ) is still afloat today.

Shipyard: Schlichting-Werft.
Armaments:
30mm Flak: 2-6
20mm MG: 2

533mm torpedo tubes: 2
Mines: 6-8
Performance:
Speed: 41 kn.
HP:6000.

Edited 29.06.2007