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SOVIET NAVY (USSR)

COASTAL FORCES

Sh-4 type motor torpedo boats (1928-1932)

TK-557 1945

Names

№11 Революционный Металлист [No11 Revolyutsionnyy Metallist], 8.1932- №55 Революционный Металлист [No55 Revolyutsionnyy Metallist]

№12 (i) [No12], 2.1931- №11 [No11], 7.1932- №114 [No114], 12.1935- №112 [No112], 3.1940- У-3 [U-3], 11.1944- TK-557

№12 Пионер (ii) [No12 Pioner], 7.1931- №32 Пионер [No32 Pioner], 7.1932- №24 Пионер [No24 Pioner], 5.1935- №12 Пионер [No12 Pioner], 5.1936- №131 Пионер [No131 Pioner], 3.1940- У-2 Пионер [U-2 Pioner]

№12 (iii) [No12], 8.1932- №85 [No85], 11.1932- №16 [No16], 1.1934- №11 [No11], 12.1934- №14 [No14], 5.1935- №22 [No22]

№16 [No16], 11.1932- №65 [No65], 12.1934- №12 [No12], 4.1939- №74 [No74], 5.1940- №15 [No15], 9.1941- №133 [No133]

№21 Осоавиахимовец [No21 Osoaviakhimovets], 8.1932- №65 Осоавиахимовец [No65 Osoaviakhimovets], 12.1932- И-1 Осоавиахимовец [I-1 Osoaviakhimovets], 12.1934- №92 Осоавиахимовец [No92 Osoaviakhimovets], 4.1939- №154 Осоавиахимовец [No154 Osoaviakhimovets], 4.1940- УО-10 Осоавиахимовец [UO-10 Osoaviakhimovets]

№22 (i) [No22], 2.1931- №91 [No91], 7.1932- №94 [No94], 3.1934- №22 [No22], 5.1935- №71 [No71]

№22 (ii) [No22], 1.1934- №11 [No11], 1937- №15 [No15] №24 [No24], 6.1934- №12 [No12]

№25 [No25], 12.1934- №62 [No62], 4.1939- №104 [No104], 5.1940- №45 [No45], 9.1941- №153 [No153], 5.1944- TK-153

№26 (i) [No26], 11.1932- №85 [No85], 12.1934- №22 [No22], 4.1939- №134 [No134], 5.1940- №75 [No75], 9.1941- №173 [No173]

№26 (ii) [No26], 1.1934- №21 [No21], 1937- №25 [No25]

№31 Сибиряк [No31 Sibiryak], 8.1932- №28 Сибиряк [No28 Sibiryak], 12.1934- №23 Сибиряк [No23 Sibiryak], 4.1939- №164 Сибиряк [No164 Sibiryak], 4.1940- УО-11 Сибиряк [UO-11 Sibiryak]

№32 [No32], 2.1931- №121 [No121], 7.1932- №124 [No124], 5.1935- №122 [No122], 3.1940- У-4 [U-4], 11.1944- TK-558

№34 [No34], 3.1934- №12 [No12], 5.1935- №81 [No81]

№35 [No35], 12.1934- №42 [No42], 4.1939- №84 [No84], 5.1940- №25 [No25], 9.1941- №143 [No143]

№36 (i) [No36], 11.1932- №95 [No95], 3.1934- №63 [No63], 5.1935- №131 [No131]

№36 (ii) [No36], 1.1934- №31 [No31], 1937- №35 [No35]

№41 Пролетарий Украины [No41 Proletariy Ukrainy], 8.1932- №18 Пролетарий Украины [No18 Proletariy Ukrainy], 12.1934- №13 Пролетарий Украины [No13 Proletariy Ukrainy], 4.1937- №24 Пролетарий Украины [No24 Proletariy Ukrainy], 11.1940- №144 Пролетарий Украины [No144 Proletariy Ukrainy], 4.1941- У-2 Пролетарий Украины [U-2 Proletariy Ukrainy]

№41 [No41]

№42 [No42], 7.1932- №34 [No34], 5.1935- №32 [No32]

№44 [No44], 3.1934- №42 [No42], 5.1935- №91 [No91], 3.1940- №92 [No92], 4.1944- TK-553

№45 [No45]

№46 (i) [No46], 11.1932- №105 [No105], 12.1934- №32 [No32], 4.1939- №144 [No144], 5.1940- №85 [No85], 9.1941- №183 [No183]

№46 (ii) [No46], 1.1934- №41 [No41], 1937- №45 [No45]

№51 (i) [No51], 8.1932- №38 [No38], 12.1934- №33 [No33]

№51 (ii) [No51], 3.1940- №72 [No72], 4.1944- TK-551

№52 [No52], 7.1932- №44 [No44], 5.1935- №42 [No42], 5.1936- №71 [No71], 3.1940- У-5 [U-5]

№54 [No54], 3.1934- №52 [No52], 5.1935- №101 [No101]

№56 (i) [No56], 11.1932- №15 [No15], 12.1934- №52 [No52], 4.1939- №94 [No94], 5.1940- №35 [No35]

№56 (ii) [No56], 1.1934- №51 [No51], 1937- №55 [No55]

№61 (i) [No61], 8.1932- №48 [No48], 12.1934- №43 [No43], 4.1939- №174 [No174], 4.1940- УО-12 [UO-12]

№61 (ii) [No61], 3.1940- №82 [No82], 4.1944- TK-552

№62 [No62], 7.1932- №54 [No54], 5.1935- №52 [No52], 5.1936- №111 [No111], 3.1940- №102 [No102], 4.1944- TK-554

№64 [No64], 6.1934- №22 [No22]

№66 (i) [No66], 11.1932- №11 [No11], 3.1940- У-1 [U-1]

№66(ii) [No66], 1.1934- №61 [No61], 1937- №65 [No65], 11.1940- №164 [No164], 4.1941- У-3 [U-3], 10.1941- №184 [No184], 8.1942- №64 [No64]

№68 [No68], 12.1934- №63 [No63], 4.1939- №114 [No114], 5.1940- №55 [No55], 9.1941- №163 [No163], 4.1944- TK-163

№71 [No71], 8.1932- №58 [No58], 12.1934- №53 [No53], 4.1939- №184 [No184], 4.1940- УО-13 [UO-13]

№72 [No72], 7.1932- №64 [No64], 5.1935- №62 [No62], 5.1936- №72 [No72]

№74 [No74], 3.1934- №62 [No62], 5.1935- №111 [No111]

№78 [No78], 3.1934- №13 [No13], 5.1935- №141 [No141], 4.1940- №112 [No112], 4.1944- TK-555

№81 [No81]

№82 [No82], 7.1932- №84 [No84], 5.1935- №82 [No82]

№84 [No84], 6.1934- №32 [No32], 11.1940- №134 [No134], 4.1941- У-1 [U-1]

№88 [No88], 3.1934- №23 [No23], 5.1935- №151 [No151], 3.1940- №122 [No122], 4.1944- TK-556

№92 [No92], 12.1931- №102 [No102], 7.1932- №104 [No104], 12.1934- №102 [No102]

№94 [No94], 6.1934- №42 [No42], 11.1940- №73 [No73]

№95 [No95], 11.1932- №21 [No21] №98 [No98], 12.1934- №73 [No73], 4.1939- №124 [No124], 5.1940- №65 [No65], 9.1941- №83 [No83]

№104 [No104], 3.1934- №32 [No32], 5.1935- №121 [No121]

№105 [No105], 11.1932- №31 [No31]

№108 [No108], 3.1934- №33 [No33], 5.1935- №161 [No161]

№111 [No111], 2.1931- №81 [No81], 7.1932- №74 [No74], 5.1935- №72 [No72]

№114 [No114], 6.1934- №52 [No52], 1937- №55 [No55], 11.1940- №83 [No83]

№118 [No118], 3.1934- №43 [No43], 5.1935- №171 [No171], 3.1940- У-6 [U-6]

№121 [No121], 2.1931- №101 [No101], 8.1932- №75 [No75], 12.1934- №102 [No102], 4.1937- №34 [No34], 11.1940- №63 [No63], 2.1944- TK-346

№124 [No124], 6.1935- №62 [No62], 11.1940- №174 [No174], 4.1941- У-5 [U-5], 10.1941- №174 [No174], 8.1942- №106 [No106]

№128 Партизан [No128 Partizan], 3.1934- №53 Партизан [No53 Partizan], 5.1935- №181 Партизан [No181 Partizan]

Builders

194 Yd (Marti Yd), Leningrad: No 11, 12, 12, 12, 16, 21, 22, 22, 25, 26, 26, 31, 32, 34-36, 36, 41, 41, 42, 44-46, 46, 51, 51, 52, 54, 56, 56, 61, 61, 62, 64, 66, 66, 68, 71, 72, 74, 78, 81, 82, 84, 88, 92, 94, 95, 104, 105, 108, 111, 114, 118, 121, 124, 128

Completed

1928: No21 Osoaviakhimovets

1929: No11 Revolyutsionnyy Metallist, No24, No31 Sibiryak, No34, No41 (i) Proletariy Ukrainy, No44, 51 (i), 54, 61 (i), 64, 71, 81

1930: No12 (i), 22 (i), 32, 74, 84, 94, 104, 111, 114, 121, 124

1931: No12 (ii) Pioner, No12 (iii), 22 (ii), 42, 52, 62, 72, 82, 92

1932: No16, 25, 26 (i), 26 (ii), 35, 36 (i), 36 (ii), 41 (ii), 45, 46 (i), 46 (ii), 51 (ii), 56 (i), 56 (ii), 61 (ii), 66 (i), 66(ii), 68, 78, 88, 95, 98, 105, 108, 118, No128 Partizan

Losses

U-2 Proletariy Ukrainy (13.8.1941), No64 (9/1942), U-1 (3.8.1941), No73 (22.6.1942), No83 (10.7.1942), No83 (22.6.1942), No106 (7.5.1943)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1931: No81

1934: No45

1937: No22, 71, 12, 131, 32, 33, 22, 111, 72

1938: No41, 31

1939: No15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 72

1940: No81, 101, U-1, 82, 102, 21, 121, 161, No181 Partizan

1941: No35, UO-12, UO-13

1942: No133, 173, 143, 183

1944: No55 Revolyutsionnyy Metallist, U-2 Pioner, U-5

1945: TK-557, TK-153, TK-558, TK-553, TK-551, TK-552, TK-554, TK-163, TK-555, TK-556, U-6

1946: UO-10 Osoaviakhimovets, UO-11, TK-346

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

10

Length, m

16.8

Breadth, m

3.33

Draught, m

0.80 - 1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Wright Typhoon petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

45

Fuel, t

petrol 1

Endurance, nm(kts) 300(24)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.7/87, 2 - 450 TT (stern)

Complement

5

Project history: First Soviet serial built MTBs, designed by TsAGI under guidance of A. N. Tupolev. Dural stepped hull, by form reminding float of a seaplane; torpedoes were launched from chutes astern. Sh-4 class MTBs differed by high speed (up to 50.5 kts on trials), but low seaworthiness, small endurance and weak defensive armament.

Modernizations: late 1930s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 7.7/87; + 1 x 2 - 7.6/94

1941, some boats: - 1 x 2 - 7.6/94; + 1 x 1 - 12.7/79

Naval service: No significant events.

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