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CZECHOSLOVAKIAN RIVER FLOTILLA (CZECHOSLOVAKIA)

RIVER SHIPS

PRESIDENT MASARYK river monitor (1932)

President Masaryk 1932

Presydent Masaryk 1939

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
President Masaryk     Škoda, Komárno 10.1930 10/1930 8.1932 captured by Germany 18.4.1939 (GB1, later Bechelaren)

 

Displacement standard, t

214

Displacement full, t

230

Length, m

47.5 wl 50.0 oa

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Škoda geared steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

2300

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

oil 28

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm belt: 10, deck: 5, turrets: 8

Armament

2 x 2 - 66/32 Škoda vz.30, 2 x 2 - 7.9/67, 10 mines

Complement

43

Ship protection: Bullet-proof armour only.

Project history: River monitor, flagship of Czechoslovakian river flotilla.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: President Masaryk was captured by Germany at Czechoslovakia seizure 18.4.1939.

President Masaryk 1931

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