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NAVY OF CYPRUS (CYPRUS)

COASTAL FORCES

Project 123K fast attack craft (1951-1955/1964-1965)

T1 1965

Names

T1-6

Builders

831 Yd, Feodosiya, USSR: T1-6

Commissioned

1951-1955 // 10.1964: T1-4

1951-1955 // 2.1965: T5, 6

Losses

1 unit (7/1974), 1 unit (7/1974), 1 unit (7/1974), 1 unit (7/1974), 1 unit (7/1974), 1 unit (7/1974)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

 

Displacement standard, t

19

Displacement full, t

23

Length, m

19.3

Breadth, m

3.43

Draught, m

0.77

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 M-50-2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

450(35)

Armament

1 x 2 - 14.5/89, 2 x 1 - 450 TT, 6 DC

Sensors

Zarnitsa radar

Complement

7

Project history: Former Soviet MTBs of Project 123K.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Majority of class were sunk during the Turkish invasion of July 1974, one undamaged craft was beached and captured by Turkish troops.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016