F128A 1944
F405C 1944
F851 1944
F904DM 1944
"MFP" type landing ships
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
"MFP-A" type | |||||||
F128A | Drzhavna verf, Varna | 18.4.1941 | 12.1941 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-12 [BDB-12]) | |||
F176A | Wiemann, Brandenburg, Germany | 21.4.1941 | 1.1942 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.9.1944 in damaged condition (ΑΔΑ-13 [BDB-13] 10.1944) | |||
"MFP-C" type | |||||||
F405C | "De Mervede", Van Vliet, Hardinxveld, Netherlands | 9.8.1941 | 7.1942 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-10 [BDB-10]) | |||
"MFP-C2" type | |||||||
F575C2 | Varna | 15.4.1942 | 8.1943 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 29.8.1944 (ΑΔΑ-20 [BDB-20]) | |||
"MFP-D" type | |||||||
F851D | Varna | 21.5.1942 | 12.1943 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-4 [BDB-4]) | |||
F852D | Varna | 21.5.1942 | 12.1943 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-5 [BDB-5]) | |||
F900D | Varna | 20.1.1943 | 12.1943 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-6 [BDB-6]) | |||
F901D | Varna | 20.1.1943 | 12.1943 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-7 [BDB-7]) | |||
F902D | Varna | 20.1.1943 | 12.1943 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-14 or 15 or 16 [BDB-14/15/16]) | |||
F903D | Varna | 20.1.1943 | 1.1944 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-14 or 15 or 16 [BDB-14/15/16]) | |||
"MFP-C2M" type | |||||||
F571C2M | Varna | 15.4.1942 | 10.1943 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 | |||
"MFP-DM" type | |||||||
F904DM | 20.1.1943 | 1.1944 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-14 or 15 or 16 [BDB-14/15/16]) | ||||
F905DM | 20.1.1943 | 1.1944 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-14 or 15 or 16 [BDB-14/15/16]) | ||||
F906DM | Gollnow-Werft, Stettin, Germany | 20.1.1943 | 1.1944 // 8.1944 | captured by USSR 9.1944 (ΑΔΑ-14 or 15 or 16 [BDB-14/15/16]) |
Displacement standard, t |
MFP-A, C, C2: 155 MFP-D: 168 MFP-DM: 215 |
Displacement full, t |
MFP-A, C2: 220 MFP-D: 239 MFP-DM: 256 |
Length, m |
MFP-A, C, C2, C2M: 47.0 MFP-D, DM: 49.8 |
Breadth, m |
MFP-A, C, C2: 6.53 MFP-D: 6.59 MFP-C2M: 8.40 MFP-DM: 8.59 |
Draught, m |
MFP-A, C, C2: 1.45 deep load MFP-D, DM: 1.35 deep load MFP-C2M: 1.48 deep load |
No of shafts |
3 |
Machinery |
3 Deutz diesels |
Power, h. p. |
MFP-A, C, C2, C2M: 390 MFP-D, DM: 375 |
Max speed, kts |
MFP-A, C, C2: 10.5 MFP-D: 10.3 MFP-C2M: 10 MFP-DM: 8 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 4.1 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
MFP-A-C: 1340(7) MFP-D: 1120(7) |
Armament |
MFP-A: 1 x 1 - 75/34 SK C/34 or 1 x 1 - 75/44 PaK40 or 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 20/65 C/38, can carry 50 mines instead of cargo MFP-C, C2: 1 x 1 - 75/34 SK C/34 or 1 x 1 - 75/44 PaK40 or 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 20/65 C/38 MFP-D: 1 x 1 - 75/34 SK C/34 or 1 x 1 - 75/44 PaK40 or 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, (1 - 6) - 20/65 C/38 or (1- 6) - 20/70 Oerlikon MFP-C2M: 1 x 1 - 75/34 SK C/34 or 1 x 1 - 75/44 PaK40 or 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 52 mines or 8 landing craft MFP-DM: 1 x 1 - 75/34 SK C/34 or 1 x 1 - 75/44 PaK40 or 1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, (1 - 6) - 20/65 C/38 or (1- 6) - 20/70 Oerlikon, 54 mines or 10 landing craft |
Military load |
MFP-A, C, C2: 105 t (3 Pz.IV or 2 T-34 or 200 men) MFP-D: 140 t (3 Pz.IV or 2 Pz.VI or 200 men) |
Complement |
17 - 21 |
Project history: In late August, 1944 at offensive of Germans 14 MFP-type landing barges were formally transferred to Bulgaria.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Really they were not used by Bulgarians and in September, 1944 all were captured by Soviet troops.
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