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CZECHOSLOVAKIAN RIVER FLOTILLA (CZECHOSLOVAKIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

OMM35 river minelaying boats (1938)

OMm35 1938

Names

OMm35

OMm36

Builders

Škoda, Komárno: OMm35, 36

Commissioned

10/1938: OMm35

Losses

OMm35 (4/1939 German FM1); OMm36 (incomplete to Germany 1939 as FM2)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

60

Length, m

31.0

Breadth, m

4.16

Draught, m

0.92 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Sulzer diesels

Power, h. p.

900

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm turret: 48, CT: 6

Armament

1 x 2 - 7.9/90, 2 x 1 - 7.9/90, 18 - 22 mines

Complement

6

Project history: Armoured minelaying boat, first combat boat of Czechoslovakia, specially designed for military service.

Ship protection: Only fwd MG turret was enough protected.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

OMm35 1939

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