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BULGARIAN NAVY (BULGARIA)

TORPEDO SHIPS

VASIL LEVSKI small torpedo boats (1877-1878/1884)

Vasil Levski 1884

Names

Васил Левски [Vasil Levski] (ex-Бычок [Bychok])

Христо Ботев [Khristo Botev] (ex-Черепаха [Cherepakha])

Builders

Baird, St. Petersburg, Russia: Vasil Levski, Khristo Botev

Completed

1877 // 6.1884: Vasil Levski

1878 // 6.1884: Khristo Botev

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1936: Khristo Botev

1938: Vasil Levski

 

Displacement normal, t

16

Displacement full, t

20

Length, m

18.3

Breadth, m

2.30

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

220

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 spar torpedoes

Complement

9

Project history: Former Russian small torpedo boats.

Modernizations: early 1900s, both: were armed with MGs only.

Naval service: No significant events.

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