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SK-14 motor ASW boats (1917-1918/1920-1944)

SK-14 1920

Names

СК-14 [SK-14] (ex-Ch40, ex-C40, ex-SC174), 11.1920- СК-18 [SK-18], 6.1921- Воздушный [Vozdushnyy], 9.1921- Гневный [Gnevnyy]

СК-757 [SK-757] (ex-Беломорец [Belomorets], ex-Ch27, ex-C27, ex-SC314)

СК-758 [SK-758] (ex-Черноморец [Chernomorets], ex-Ch80, ex-C80, ex-SC385)

Builders

Matthews Boat, Port Clinton, USA: SK-14

Jacob, City Is, USA: SK-757

Mathis YB, Camden, USA: SK-758

Commissioned

1917 // 9.1920: SK-14

1917 // 11.1944: SK-757

1918 // 11.1944: SK-758

Losses

none

Transfers

Bulgaria, 4.1945: SK-757, 758 (...)

Discarding

1922: Gnevnyy

 

Displacement standard, t

SK-14: 75

SK-757, 758: 77

Displacement full, t

SK-14: 85

SK-757, 758: 87

Length, m

33.5

Breadth, m

4.50

Draught, m

SK-14: 1.70

SK-757, 758: 1.80

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Standard petrol engines

Power, h. p.

660

Max speed, kts

SK-14: 18

SK-757, 758: 17

Fuel, t

petrol 9080 l

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000 (12)

Armament

SK-14: 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 1 DCT ("Y"-gun)

SK-757, 758: 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 8 DC

Complement

SK-14: 27

SK-757, 758: 20

 

Project history: Ex-USN 110ft submarine chasers. SK-14 was an ex-French submarine chaser mined and sunk off Odessa in 1919, salvaged, repaired and commissioned by Red Navy. SK-757 and 758 were purchased by Bulgaria from France in 1921 and captured by Red Army in September 1944.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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