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SK-754 motor launches (1907/1944)

SK-754 1944

Names

ΡΚ-754 [SK-754] (ex-V1 Maior Ene Constantin)

ΡΚ-755 [SK-755] (ex-V3 Căpitan Romano Michail)

ΡΚ-756 [SK-756] (ex-V4 Maior Giurescu Dimitrie)

Builders

Thames IW, Blackwall, UK: SK-754-756

Commissioned

1907 // 10.1944: SK-754-756

Losses

none

Transfers

Romania, 9.1945: SK-754 - 756 (V1, 3, 4)

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

45

Displacement full, t

51

Length, m

30.4

Breadth, m

3.96

Draught, m

0.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VC, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

550

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

coal 7.6

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/40 Škoda, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 2 x 1 - 7.9/79, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

18

Project history: Ex-Romanian river torpedo boats, converted to motor launchers late 1930s, all were captured by Red Army in August 1944.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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