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BULGARIAN NAVY (BULGARIA)

COASTAL FORCES

NO61 submarine chasers (1944-1945/1947-1951)

No61 1947

Names

No61 (ex-MO-549)

No62 (ex-MO-564)

No63 (ex-MO-566)

No421 (ex-MO-230)

No422 (ex-MO-232)

Builders

640 Yd, Sosnovka, USSR: No61-63, 421, 422

Commissioned

1944 // 1947: No61-63

1945 // 1951: No421, 422

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1950s: No61-63, 421, 422

 

Displacement standard, t

44

Displacement full, t

47

Length, m

23.4

Breadth, m

4.00

Draught, m

1.75

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Packard petrol engines / 2 Osco-Ford petrol engines for cruising

Power, h. p.

2400 / 170

Max speed, kts

24 / 6

Fuel, t

petrol 5

Endurance, nm(kts) 1600(6)

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79 or 2 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 DCR (12)

Electronic equipment Tamir-1 sonar

Complement

21

Project history: Former Soviet Project OD-200 small submarine chasers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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