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No33 armoured motor gunboats (project S-40) (1942)

BK-331 1944

Names

¹33 [No33], 8.1942- ¹24 [No24], 11.1942- ¹81 [No81], 5.1943- ¹332 [No332], 5.1943- ¹81 [No81]

¹43 [No43], 6.1942- ¹31 [No31], 8.1942- ¹21 [No21]

¹44 [No44], 6.1942- ¹32 [No32], 8.1942- ¹23 [No23], 5.1943- ¹331 [No331], 3.1944- ÁÊ-331 [BK-331]

¹45 [No45], 6.1942- ¹34 [No34], 8.1942- ¹25 [No25]

¹53 [No53], 8.1942- ¹81 [No81], 9.1942- ¹34 [No34], 10.1942- ¹26 [No26], 10.1942- ¹101 [No101], 11.1942- ¹82 [No82], 5.1943- ¹334 [No334]

¹54 [No54], 8.1942- ¹82 [No82], 9.1942- ¹101 [No101], 10.1942- ¹26 [No26], 5.1943- ¹333 [No333], 3.1944- ÁÊ-333 [BK-333]

¹102 [No102], 11.1942- ¹83 [No83], 3.1943- ¹324 [No324], 6.1943- ¹323 [No323], 3.1944- ÁÊ-323 [BK-323]

Builders

340 Yd, Zelenodolsk: No33, 43-45, 53, 54, 102

Commissioned

6-10/1942: No33, 43 - 45, 53, 54, 102

Losses

No332 (10.11.1943), No21 (8.10.1942), No25 (3.11.1942)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1950s: all survived

 

Displacement standard, t

32

Displacement full, t

36.5

Length, m

24.7

Breadth, m

3.85

Draught, m

0.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 V-2 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil 2.3

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armour, mm

belt: 7, deck: 4, turrets: 45 - 30, CT: 7

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 F-34 3 x 1 - 7.6/94

Complement

13

 

Project history: Diesel-engined armoured MGB for Amu-Darya, designed under guidance of Yu. Yu. Benua in 1939 on the basis of project 1125, with replacement of the aviation motors by 2 V-2 tank diesels.

Ship protection: Hull and CT had bullet-proof protection, guns placed in standard tank turrets. 76/30mm 8K guns were on open mounts without shields.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Survived boats in 1945 were transferred to Board Guard.

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