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ROMANIAN NAVY (ROMANIA)

COASTAL FORCES

VT81 fast attack craft (torpedo) (1949-1952/1952)

VT81 1955

VT87 1955

Names

pr. M123bis:

81-86 VT81-86

pr. 123K:

87-92 VT87-92

Builders

831 Yd, Feodosiya, USSR: 81-92

Commissioned

1949-1951 // 11.1952: 81-86

1951-1952 // 12.1952: 87-92

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1964: 81-86

1979: 87-92

 

Displacement standard, t

19

Displacement full, t

pr. M123bis: 22

pr. 123K: 23

Length, m

pr. M123bis: 18.7

pr. 123K: 19.3

Breadth, m

3.43

Draught, m

pr. M123bis: 0.76

pr. 123K: 0.77

No of shafts

2

Machinery

pr. M123bis: 2 M-50 diesels

pr. 123K: 2 M-50-2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

pr. M123bis: 530(37.5)

pr. 123K: 450(35)

Armament

pr. M123bis: 2 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 x 1 - 450 TT, 6 DC

pr. 123K: 1 x 2 - 14.5/93, 2 x 1 - 450 TT, 6 DC

Sensors

pr. M123bis: none

pr. 123K: Zarnitsa radar

Complement

7

Project history: Former Soviet Project M123bis and 123K fast attack craft (torpedo), transferred in 1952 from Black Sea Fleet.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016