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BO-52 large submarine chaser (1939/1944)

BO-52 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ΑΞ-52 [BO-52] (ex-R37)     Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany     11.1939 // 11.1944 stricken 1950s

 

Displacement standard, t

110

Displacement full, t

126

Length, m

35.4

Breadth, m

5.55

Draught, m

1.40 normal 1.51 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

23.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 10

Endurance, nm(kts) 1100(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR, 10 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

20

Project history: German minesweeping boat scuttled in August 1944 by own crew and salvaged by Soviets.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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