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KL-55 river gunboats (1934-1935/1945)

KL-58 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
КЛ-55 [KL-55] (ex-公司 [Shun Tien]), 6.1949- Башкирия [Bashkiriya]     Harima, Japan // Kawasaki, Harbin, Manchukuo 1933 1.8.1934 9.1934 // 8.1945 TS 4.1951, stricken 9.1953
КЛ-56 [KL-56] (ex-智言 [Chin Yen]), 6.1949- Бурят-Монголия [Buryat-Mongoliya]     Harima, Japan // Kawasaki, Harbin, Manchukuo 1934 2.7.1934 1935 // 8.1945 TS 4.1951, stricken 9.1953
КЛ-57 [KL-57] (ex-陽明 [Yang Min]), 6.1949- Якутия [Yakutiya]     Harima, Japan // Kawasaki, Harbin, Manchukuo 1933 1.8.1934 9.1934 // 8.1945 TS 4.1951, stricken 9.1953
КЛ-58 [KL-58] (ex-定邊 [Ting Pien]), 6.1949- Чувашия [Chuvashiya]     Harima, Japan // Kawasaki, Harbin, Manchukuo 1934 2.7.1934 1935 // 8.1945 TS 4.1951, stricken 9.1953

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

KL-55, 57: 270

KL-56, 58: 290

Length, m

KL-55, 57: 55.8

KL-56, 58: 59.4

Breadth, m

KL-55, 57: 8.84

KL-56, 58: 8.80

Draught, m

0.91

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

KL-55, 57: 680

KL-56, 58: 800

Max speed, kts

KL-55, 57: 12.5

KL-56, 58: 13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

as in Manchurian navy: 1 x 2 - 120/45 10-shiki, 1 x 1 - 120/45 10-shiki, 2 x 1 - 70/12 mortars, 3 x 2 - 13.2/76, 2 DCT, 80 mines

Complement

70

Project history: Manchurian river gunboats, captured by Soviet troops at Harbing and commissioned by Soviet Amur Flotilla.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

KL-56

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