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BENIN NAVY (BENIN)

COASTAL FORCES

pr. 123K fast attack craft (torpedo) (1951-1955/1979)

1980

Names

2 units

Builders

USSR: 2 units

Commissioned

1951-1955 // 1979: 2 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1990: 2 units

  

 

Displacement standard, t

19

Displacement full, t

23

Length, m

19.3

Breadth, m

3.43

Draught, m

0.77

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 M-50-2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

450(35)

Armament

1 x 2 - 14.5/93, 2 x 1 - 450 TT, 6 DC

Electronic equipment

Zarnitsa radar

Complement

7

Project history: Former Soviet Project 123K MTBs, transferred to North Korea in 1950s-1970s and to Benin by North Korea in January 1979.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: No significant events.

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