E-boat - Definition and Overview

"E-boat" is the British and American name for the German Schnellboot (S-boot), a small, fast torpedo boat a little larger than the American PT boat and the British MTB.

The boats were 34.9 metres long, weighing up to 100 tonnes and could travel at 43.8 knots powered by three 20 cylinder 2000hp MB501 diesel engines driving three propellers.

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References

"German E-Boats 1939-45" by Gordon Williamson and Ian Palmer, Osprey, 2002, ISBN 1841764450
"German S-boote at War, 1939-1945" by Jean Philippe Dallies-Labourdette,UK: Histoire and Collections, 2003, ISBN 2913903495
"S-Boote: German E-Boats in Action (1939-1945)" by Jean-Philippe Dallies-Labourdette, US/UK: Histoire and Collections, ISBN 2913903495

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