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BULGARIAN NAVY (BULGARIA)

COASTAL FORCES

BK-344 armoured motor gunboats (1946/1951)

BK-344 1955

Names

ΑΚ-344 [BK-344] (ex-BK-344); ΑΚ-346 [BK-346] (ex-BK-346)

Builders

Ship Repair Yd, Novosibirsk, USSR: BK-344, 346

Commissioned

1946 // 1951: BK-344, 346

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1960: BK-344, 346

 

Displacement standard, t

44

Displacement full, t

52

Length, m

25.3

Breadth, m

4.04

Draught, m

0.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

GAM-34BS petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1500

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

petrol 4.2

Endurance, nm(kts) 280(13.5)

Armour, mm

belt: 7, deck: 4, turrets: 45 - 30, CT: 8

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/42 F-34, 1 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 1 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94

Complement

17

Project history: Former Soviet Project 1124 riverine armoured MGBs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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