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ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

COASTAL FORCES

VS Nr.1 submarine chasers (1943, 1943/1944)

VS Nr.1 1943

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
VS Nr.1 (ex-KFK198)     Burmester, Swinemünde, Germany     5.1943 captured by USSR 5.9.1944 (MO-851)
VS Nr.2 (ex-KFK199)     Burmester, Swinemünde, Germany     5.1943 captured by USSR 5.9.1944 (MO-852)
VS Nr.3 (ex-KFK201)     Burmester, Swinemünde, Germany     6.1943 // 8.1944 captured by USSR 5.9.1944 (MO-853)
(ex-KFK270)     Burmester, Swinemünde, Germany     10.1943 // 8.1944 never commissioned really

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

110

Length, m

24.0

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

2.75

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

175

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7

Endurance, nm(kts) 1200(7)

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR (12) or mechanical minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment hydrophone

Complement

15 - 18

Project history: Representatives of a numerous series of KFK-boats. They were transferred to Romanian Navy 21.11.1943 for ASW role, having German sonar.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: 5.9.1944 all were captured by Soviet troops at Constanza, 10.10.1944 commissioned by Soviet Navy as MO-851-853. Besides, Germans transferred to Romanians KFK270, but this boat was never commissioned by Romanian Navy and her fate is unknown.

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