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VOLKSMARINE (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

131.1 fast attack craft (torpedo) (1972-1977)

131.415 1980

Names

131.1-131.4

131.401-131.430

Builders

Peenewerft, Wolgast: 131.1-131.4, 131.401-131.430

Commissioned

1972: 131.1, 131.2

1973: 131.3

1974: 131.4, 131.401

1975: 131.402-131.413

1976: 131.414-131.427

1977: 131.428-131.430

Losses

131.421 (collision 7.6.1986)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1972: 131.1, 131.2

1973: 131.3

1982: 131.422

1984: 131.4, 131.401, 131.402, 131.409, 131.413-131.419, 131.425, 131.427-131.430

1989: 131.403-131.407, 131.411, 131.412, 131.420, 131.423, 131.424, 131.426

1990: 131.408, 131.410

 

Displacement standard, t

28

Displacement full, t

35

Length, m

19.0

Breadth, m

4.42

Draught, m

2.33

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 M-50F3 diesels

Power, h. p.

3600

Max speed, kts

48

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

300(48)

Armament

1 x 2 - 23/87 ZU-23-2, 2 - 533 TT, mines

Sensors

TSR-222 radar

Complement

63.1-63.3: 2

others: 3

Project history: Replacement for 'Iltis' and 'Hydra' classes. Aluminium construction. The deck space on both sides of the CT were occupied by removable launchers for KMD type ground mines, which could be replaced by portable windlasses and seats for commandos.

Modernizations: 1970s, all: - KSA-5 radar; + TSR-222 radar

Naval service: No significant events.

1978

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