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"P" type armoured motor boats (No41) (1930s / 1939)


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KU-1 series launch

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

LKU25 series: №41 - 43 [No41 - 43] (ex-LKU25 - 27)

KU18 series: №44, 45 [No44, 45] (ex-KU18, 19)

KU1 series: №51 - 53 [No51 - 53] (ex-KU1 - 3)

KU21 series: №54 [No54] (ex-KU21)

 

In spring 1944 3 boats were salvaged, repaired and commissioned as БК-35 - 37 [BK-35 - 37]

Pinsk, Poland: No41-45, 51-54

1930s / 10.1939: No41-45, 51-54

9/1941: No41 - 45, 51 - 54

none

1944: BK-35

1945: BK-36, 37



Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t

ex-KU series: 12

ex-LKU series: 10

Length, m

ex-KU series: 11.2

ex-LKU series: 8.55

Breadth, m

ex-KU series: 3.00

ex-LKU series: 2.40

Draught, m

ex-KU series: 0.60

ex-LKU series: 0.50

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

ex-KU series: 40

ex-LKU series: 35

Max speed, kts

6

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armour, mm

10 - 6

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/79, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94

Complement 


Graphics


<i>KU-1</i> series launch
KU-1 series launch
<i>KU-21</i> series launch
KU-21 series launch


Project history

Ex-Polish river armoured motor boats, captured by Soviet Army, rearmed and commissioned by the Navy.

Ship protection

Bullet-proof.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.