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BULGARIAN NAVY (BULGARIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

NO1 (MChK type) minesweeping boats (1941-1945)

No1 1941

Names

¹1 - 13 [No1 - 13]

Builders

Naval workshop Varna: No1-13

Commissioned

1941 - 1944: No1 - 6

9/1944 - 7.1945: No9 - 10

late 1945: No11 - 13

8/1945: No2 - 6 (2nd time)

Losses

No1 (early 9.1944), No2 (9.9.1944 Soviet KT-941), No3 (9.9.1944 Soviet KT-942), No4 (9.9.1944 Soviet KT-943), No5 (9.9.1944 Soviet KT-944), No6 (9.9.1944 Soviet KT-945)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1950s - 1960s: No2 - 13

 

Displacement standard, t

?

Displacement full, t

25

Length, m

17.3

Breadth, m

3.00

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

No1 - 6: MWM diesel

No7 - 13: Deutz diesel

Power, h. p.

100 - 120

Max speed, kts

9 - 10.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.9/79, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

8

Project history: Built under Bulgarian project 501 developed on the basis of presented to tsar Boris III in 1934 German-built motor yacht Vyala. Steel-hulled, with MRD sweeps.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: No significant events.

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