AM1 1940
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Names |
AM1 - 12 |
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Builders |
Balatoni Hajozasi, Balatonfüred |
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Commissioned |
1940-1941: AM1 - 11 1947: AM3 (2nd time) |
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Losses |
incomplete: AM12 AM2 (?), AM5(?), AM6(?) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
surrendered 5/1945 and sold mercantile: AM1, 3, 4, 7 - 11 1960s: AM3 (2nd time) |
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Displacement standard, t |
? |
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Displacement full, t |
20 |
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Length, m |
14.3 |
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Breadth, m |
3.70 |
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Draught, m |
0.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Mercedes-Lang diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
150 |
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Max speed, kts |
11.6 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 8.3/83, 6 mines or sweeps |
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Complement |
3 |
Ship project history: 12 boats were ordered, but only 11 were completed. Small boats, capable to carry mines, minesweeping equipment and to be used as tugs. Dimensions supposed transportation by automobile transport.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: AM4, AM7, AM10, AM11 surrendered to American troops; AM8 and AM9 to Soviet troops 8/5/1945. AM3 in 1947 was again commissioned by Hungarian Danube flotilla, stricken in 1960s. AM1 after war was used mercantile, her hull was preserved till now.
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