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BORA motor torpedo boats (1942)

Bora 1942

Names

Bora

Kasırga

Yıldırım

Şimsek

Tayfun

Builders

Gölcük Tersanesi: Bora, Kasırga, Yıldırım, Şimsek, Tayfun

Commissioned

1942: Bora, Kasırga, Yıldırım, Şimsek, Tayfun

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1951: Bora, Kasırga, Yıldırım, Şimsek, Tayfun

  

Displacement standard, t

30

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

21.8

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

0.80

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

33

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 - 450 TR

Complement

 

Project history: Design was developed on the basis of drawings of Vosper-built boats. Wooden stepped hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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