Jadranka 1965
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Бели Орао [Beli Orao], 1945- Биоково [Biokovo], 1949- Јадранка [Jadranka] | CRDA, Monfalcone, Italy | 3.6.1939 | 1940 | captured by Italy 4.1941 (Alba), returned 12.1943, stricken 1978 |
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Displacement standard, t |
567 |
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Displacement full, t |
660 |
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Length, m |
60.1 pp 65.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.08 |
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Draught, m |
2.84 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Sulzer diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
1900 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors M36, 2 x 1 - 7.9/83 |
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Complement |
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Project history: Patrol ship intended for usage mainly as royal and governmental yacht and capable to fulfil surveying role.
Modernizations: 1960s: + radar
Naval service: In 1941 Beli Orao was captured by Italian troops at Kotor and commissioned by their navy as Alba, then Zagrabia. Zagrabia was returned to Yugoslavian government in exile 7.12.1943. In 1944-1945 she was used as depot ship for Yugoslavian "Higgins" boats. After war as Biokovo, and then Jadranka she served under Yugoslavian flag being one of yachts of marshal J. B. Tito.
Beli Orao
Jadranka 1951
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