Schnellboot S130. This is the story of S-130, the last surviving German E-Boat from WWII…

Statement from Kevin Wheatcroft Since a young boy, I’ve had a fascination with S-boats and had always kept my eyes open and followed leads and stories to try and track one down. I then became aware of the story surrounding the survival of S130, her own history is an amazing read in its own right. One of the longest surviving naval craft in continuous use, her involvement in Exercise Tiger, involvement in D-Day itself and then ending the war with dignity running mercy missions to bring back women, children and the wounded from the East, her then involvement with the Royal Navy eventually being handed over to MI5 as a spy boat, her being used for the testing and the development of various engines including the legendary Napier Deltic diesel, her eventually being given back to the newly formed West German Navy as their first ever fast patrol boat. Then, with old age, she was pensioned off as a houseboat, sunk in shallow waters (twice!), and then being rescued by the British Military Power Boat Trust b