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VOLKSMARINE (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

No13 patrol boats (1951-1953)

No15 1955

Names

No13, 14

No15, 1956- G-111

No16, 1956- G-112

No17-20

No21, 1956- G-121

No22, 1956- G-122

No23, 1956- G-131

No24, 1956- G-132

No25, 1956- G-141

No26, 1956- G-142

No27-32

Builders

Yachtwerft, Berlin: No13-32

Commissioned

1951: No13-17, 25

1952: No18-24, 26

1953: No27-32

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1963: No13, 18, 19

1964: No29, 30, 32

1965: No17, 28

1967: No14, 20, 31

1969: No27

early 1970s: G-111, 112, 121, 122, 131, 132, 141, 142

 

Displacement standard, t

68

Displacement full, t

78

Length, m

28.8

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Jumo 205D diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

400(18)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 2 DCR

Sensors

Tamir-10 sonar

Complement

20

Project history: Large patrol boats.

Modernizations: 1956, all: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 12.7/79 or 2 x 2 - 14.5/93

1956, G-111, 112, 121, 122, 131, 132, 141, 142: were re-engined with 2 6NVD26A diesels (550hp, 12kts); + Zarnitsa radar

Naval service: In 1956 8 boats were transferred to Board Guard and received 'G' numbers.

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