Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot, or S-Boot, meaning \"fast boat\") of the Kriegsmarine during World War II. The most popular, the S-100 class, were very seaworthy, heavily armed, and fast – capable of sustaining 43.5 knots (80.6 km/h; 50.1 mph) and briefly accelerating to 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph).These craft were 35 metres (114' 10\") long and 5.1 metres (16' 9\"') in beam, half again longer and much sleeker than any of the Allied PT boats. Their diesel engine propulsion had substantially longer range (approximately 700 nautical miles) than the gasoline-fueled American PT boat and the generally similar British Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB).As a result, the Royal Navy later developed better matched versions of MTBs using the Fairmile 'D' hull design."@en }
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- E-boat abstract "E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot, or S-Boot, meaning \"fast boat\") of the Kriegsmarine during World War II. The most popular, the S-100 class, were very seaworthy, heavily armed, and fast – capable of sustaining 43.5 knots (80.6 km/h; 50.1 mph) and briefly accelerating to 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph).These craft were 35 metres (114' 10\") long and 5.1 metres (16' 9\"') in beam, half again longer and much sleeker than any of the Allied PT boats. Their diesel engine propulsion had substantially longer range (approximately 700 nautical miles) than the gasoline-fueled American PT boat and the generally similar British Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB).As a result, the Royal Navy later developed better matched versions of MTBs using the Fairmile 'D' hull design.".