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VIETNAM PEOPLE'S NAVY (NORTH VIETNAM / VIETNAM)

COASTAL FORCES

pr. 183 fast attack craft (torpedo) (1949-1960/1962-1967)

1965

Names

6 boats (inc. ex-TK-1432, 1433)

Builders

602 Yd, Vladivostok, USSR: 6 boats

Commissioned

1955 // 1962: 2 boats (ex-TK-1432, 1433)

1949-1960 // 1967: 4 boats

Losses

3 boats (1967-1975)

Transfers

none

Discarding

early 1980s: 3 boats

 

 

Displacement standard, t

57

Displacement full, t

67

Length, m

25.5

Breadth, m

6.18

Draught, m

1.24

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 M-50FTK diesels

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

43

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(14)

Armament

2 x 2 - 25/80 2M-3M, 2 x 1 - 533 TT or 18 mines, 8 DC

Sensors

Zarnitsa radar

Complement

14

Project history: Former Soviet MTBs of Project 183.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016