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VOLKSMARINE (GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

M-0 fast patrol boats (1956-1963)

M-5 1965

Names

M-0

M-5, 1963- G-01

M-6, 1963- G-02

Builders

Roßlauer Schiffswerft, Rosslau: M-0, 5, 6

Commissioned

1956: M-0

1963: M-5, 6

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1958: M-0

1965: G-01, 02

 

Displacement standard, t

60

Displacement full, t

65

Length, m

27.7

Breadth, m

7.16

Draught, m

1.05

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 M-50F3 diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

38

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(12)

Armament

1 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3, 1 x 2 - 12.7/79

Sensors

Zarnitsa radar

Complement

 

Project history: Experimental light alloy hulled boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1963 M-5 and -6 were transferred to Board Guard and received 'G' numbers.

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