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HUNGARIAN RIVER FLOTILLA (HUNGARY)

RIVER BOATS

PN21 armoured river motor gunboats (1950-1951)

similar PN11 1950

Names

PN21 (ex-PM...)

PN22 (ex-PM...)

Builders

Danubius, Budapest: PN21, 22

Commissioned

1950: PN21

1951: PN22

Losses

PN21 (1951)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1973: PN22

 

Displacement standard, t

PN21: 52

PN22: 74

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

PN21: 28.0

PN22: 33.2

Breadth, m

3.90

Draught, m

PN21: 0.60

PN22: 1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Lang MP35 diesels

Power, h. p.

420

Max speed, kts

13.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armour, mm

belt, deck, CT: up to 30

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 1 x 1 - 82/11 mortar

Complement

16

Project history: Former PM1 class MGBs, radically converted during fitting out. They had 30mm casemate armour added and both were excessively top heavy. After sinking of the PN21 her sister-boat was lengthened.

Ship protection: 30mm armour protected the side, deck and casemate.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: PN21 capsized during manoeuvres in 1951.

 

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