P-6 class

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Project 183
Egyptian Project 183 boat around 1967
Egyptian Project 183 boat around 1967
Ship data
Ship type Torpedo boat
Shipyard Shipyard 640 Sosnovka

Shipyard 602 Vladivostok
Shipyard 5 "Primorsky" Leningrad

Construction period 1949 to 1960
Units built about 420
period of service Since 1950
Ship dimensions and crew
length
25.5 m ( Lüa )
width 6.18 m
Draft Max. 1.24 m
displacement Standard / full: 56.6 t / 67.1 t
 
crew 14th
Machine system
machine 4 × M-50F diesel engine
Machine
performance 		4 × 1,200 PS (883 kW)
Top
speed 		44 kn (81 km / h)
propeller 4th
Armament

P-6 class was the later NATO designation of Project 183 , with the Bolshevik ( Russian "Большевик" ). It was a class of Soviet- made torpedo boats that were developed and built in large numbers shortly after World War II .

development

In 1947 the planning of a modern torpedo speedboat for the Soviet Navy began . The development was based on experiences from the Second World War. In particular, experience with the British and US PT speedboats of the types Vosper , Elco and Higgins , which were delivered under the lending and leasing law, were incorporated into the design, the planning of which was completed in 1949.

technology

Hull and drive

Drawing from Project 183. Here you can clearly see the offset of the 2-M3 turret on the forecastle to port.

The 25.5 m long and 6.18 m wide boats had a wooden hull that was planked diagonally with two layers of boards. Only the small bridge was enclosed with 7 mm thick metal plates to protect the crew. Four marine diesel engines of the type M-50F served as drive . Later, a CODAG drive was also used in test boats .

Armament

The main armament of the boats were two 533 mm torpedo tubes , which were permanently installed at a 3 ° angle to the center line. So the whole boat was aimed. A double-barreled 25-mm gun of the type 2M-3 on the forecastle and one on the stern were used for air defense . The bow gun was not positioned above the keel, but was shifted to port.

In addition, the boat could optionally eight water bombs six mines of the type KB-3 or eight sea mines of the type AMD-500 type BB-1, carry (18 instead of the torpedoes). Versions with four torpedo tubes or anti-ship guided missiles were also made.

Calls

The torpedo boat of the GDR - Volksmarine with the number 844 and the name Wilhelm Bänsch left Darßer Ort on August 31, 1968 in order to shadow the Federal Navy frigate Karlsruhe , which was wrongly suspected in the sea area . In thick fog, the boat got into the Kadetrinne in front of the Swedish railway ferry Drottningen , was rammed and sank. Seven people from the People's Navy died.

variants

  • 183-A: Shell coated with Arktilit (plastic) (a boat)
  • 183-T: ( P-8 class ) Test of a CODAG drive with an additional gas turbine (4000 PS). The maximum speed was around 50 kn
  • 183-TK: ( P-10 class ) series version with CODAG drive (25 boats)
  • 183-U: Version with four torpedo tubes and a new diesel engine. The displacement increased to 92 t
  • 183-TU: Draft version with four torpedo tubes and COGAG propulsion
  • 183-T2: Draft version with four torpedo tubes and an additional 25 mm gun
  • 183-Z: Remote controlled version for target display
  • 183-SCH: Staff version, details are not available
  • 183-S: Prototype of a high-speed rocket boat
  • 183-R: world's first mass-produced rocket high- speed boat , see Komar class
  • 199: ( MO-VI class ), submarine boats with sonar
  • 183-JA2: , 183-JA3 designs with new lightweight diesel engines of the type M-503

Licensed buildings

More or less modified boats of Project 183 were built in several countries, for example in Poland (Project 664), China and North Korea.

Current Status

There are no more high-speed boats of this type in use, but in 2004 in North Korea rocket high-speed boats of the project 183-R were still in use. A boat from the Polish project 664 is in the White Eagle Museum in Skarżysko-Kamienna .

Evidence and references

Remarks

  1. ↑ Also known as "Almas".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The end of the “Prague Spring”. From the chronicle of the chief of the People's Navy, Heinz-Ludger Borgert, PDF Federal Archives

literature

  • А.Е. Тарас: Торпедой - пли! История малых торпедных кораблей. (For example: AE Taras: Torpedo - Go! The history of the small torpedo boats. ), Харвест, 1999, ISBN 985-433-419-8 (Russian).
  • Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group, ISBN 0-7106-2623-1 (English).
  • Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. P. 416f (English).

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