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POLISH NAVY (POLAND)

BOARD GUARD SHIPS AND CRAFT

BATORY board guard launch (1932)

Names

Batory, 1947- Hel, 1949- 7 Listopada, 1951- Dzierżyński, 1953- KP-1

Builders

Państwowa Stocznia Modlińska, Modlinia: Batory

Completed

6/1932: Batory

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

12.1957: KP-1

 

Displacement standard, t

27

Displacement full, t

28

Length, m

21.2

Breadth, m

3.60

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1100 / 175

Max speed, kts

24.3

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.9/92

Complement

10

Project history: Largest Board Guard ship of Poland before WWII.

Modernizations: 1954: petrol engines were replaced by 2 706R diesels and 1 64HN9 diesel (1100/225hp); - 1 x 1 - 7.9/92.

Naval service: Batory was interned in Sweden from 9.1939 till 10.1945. The boat was preserved as memorial since 1974.

© Ivan Gogin, 2009-15