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BK-125 armoured motor gunboats (1940-1943/1945)

Names

มส-125 [BK-125] (ex-馨雅 [Hsing Ya])

มส-126 [BK-126] (ex-馨顏 [Hsin Yen])

มส-127 [BK-127] (ex-馨淳 [Hsin Chun])

มส-128 [BK-128] (ex-孝蔣 [Hsiao Chiang])

มส-129 [BK-129] (ex-纏綿 [Chin Min])

มส-130 [BK-130] (ex-金昌 [Chin Chang])

Builders

Mitsubishi, Yokohama, Japan // Kawasaki, Harbin, Manchukuo: BK-125 - 127

Kawasaki, Harbin, Manchukuo: BK-128 - 130

Commissioned

1935 // 8.1945: BK-128 - 130

1940 // 8.1945: BK-125 - 127

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1956: all

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

BK-125 - 127: 65

BK-128 - 130: 30

Length, m

BK-125 - 127: 29.7

Breadth, m

BK-125 - 127: 4.00

Draught, m

BK-125 - 127: 0.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

BK-125 - 127: 240

Max speed, kts

BK-125 - 127: 14

BK-128 - 130: 19

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armour, mm

belt: 5, CT: 5

Armament

BK-125 - 127: 2 x 1 - 45/65 21KM, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79

BK-128 - 129: 1 x 1 - 45/65 21KM, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79

Complement

BK-125 - 127: 20

 

Project history: Ex-Manchurian river armoured motor gunboats, captured by Soviet ships, rearmed and commissioned to the Navy.

Ship protection: Bullet-proof.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Ivan Gogin, 2009-14