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VB94 river monitor (1986)

VB94 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
8.1991- Griviţa VB94   Şantierul Naval 2 Mai, Mangalia     21.11.1986 stricken 2002

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

45.7

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 M-50 diesels

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm turret

Armament

2 x 4 Strela-2M SAM (8 9K32M), 1 x 1 - 100/54 D-10TG, 2 x 2 - 14.5/93, 2 x 40 - 122 APRN-122 RL, mines

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

47

Project history: Main armament was a tank gun in the turret of T-54A tank. Had virtually no superstructure but was equipped with two periscopes and a conning station forward of and below the armored turret. The BM-21 rocket launches were retracted into the hull for reloading.

Ship protection: Splinter and bullet proof.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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