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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