West Germany intended to built new torpedo boats according to the Dutch newspaper De Waarheid dated 17 August 1957

An item referred to the announcement of the West German navy that she intended to built an unknown number of 2.000 ton torpedo boats at West German shipyards. The boats were to be armed with 2 missile launchers, 4-12,7cm guns, 6-7,6cm guns and 5 torpedo tubes.