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TK-958 motor torpedo boats (1938-1939/1944)

TK-960 1944

Names

TK-958 (ex-¹1 [No1])

TK-959 (ex-¹2 [No2])

TK-960 (ex-¹3 [No3], ex-S1)

Builders

Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany: TK-958-960

Commissioned

1939 // 9.1944: TK-958-960

Losses

none

Transfers

Bulgaria, 7.1945: 2 boats

Discarding

1945: 1 boat

 

Displacement standard, t

56

Displacement full, t

TK-958, 959: 63

TK-960: 68

Length, m

28.0

Breadth, m

4.46

Draught, m

1.51

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Daimler-Benz diesels

Power, h. p.

TK-958, 959: 1905

TK-960: 2850

Max speed, kts

TK-958, 959: 33

TK-960: 37.1

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7.3

Endurance, nm(kts) 350(30)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/65 C/30, 2 x 1 - 7.9/79, 2 - 533 TT, 8 DC, 4 mines

Complement

19

Project history:  Ex-Bulgarian MTBs (No3 was purchased by Kriegsmarine during building). All were captured by Red Army in September 1944.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: No significant events.

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