The Type 143 Albatros class was a German

Germany

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 class of missile bearing Fast Attack Craft

Fast Attack Craft

Fast Attack Craft are small, fast, agile and offensive warships, that are armed with anti-ship missiles, guns or torpedoes. These are usually operated in close proximity to land as they lack both the sea-keeping and all-round defensive capabilities to survive in blue water. The size of the vessel...

. Each vessel is named after a bird of prey

Bird of prey

Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....

 including the albatross, condor and and cormorant.

S61—S65 were part of the 2. Schnellbootgeschwader (Fast attack craft squadron), and S66—S70 belonged to the 7. Schnellbootgeschwader. Both squadrons were based in Warnemünde

Warnemünde

Warnemünde is a sea resort and northmost district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, situated on the Baltic Sea in the northeast of Germany at the estuary of the river Warnow.- History :...

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In July 2010, it was reported that Ghana had purchased two vessels from Germany.

List of ships

NATO pennant number Pennant number In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...	German pennant number	Name	Call sign	Com- missioned	Decom- missioned	Status
P6111	S61	Albatros	DRBU	November 1, 1976	March 24, 2005
P6112	S62	Falke	DRBV	April 13, 1976	December 16, 2004
P6113	S63	Geier	DRBW	July 2, 1976	September 29, 2005	Sold to Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area... , 507 Himilcon
P6114	S64	Bussard	DRBX	August 14, 1976	March 24, 2005
P6115	S65	Sperber	DRBY	September 27, 1976	July 4, 2005	Sold to Tunisia, 505 Hamilcar
P6116	S66	Greif	DRBZ	November 25, 1976	July 4, 2005	Sold to Tunisia, 506 Hannon
P6117	S67	Kondor	DRCA	December 17, 1976	December 16, 2004
P6118	S68	Seeadler	DRCB	March 28, 1977	September 29, 2005	Sold to Tunisia 508 Hannibal
P6119	S69	Habicht	DRCC	December 23, 1977	December 13, 2005	Sold to Tunisia, 509 Hasdrubal
P6120	S70	Kormoran	DRCD	July 18, 1977	December 13, 2005	Sold to Tunisia, 510 Giscon