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1978

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
120 boats	Hudong SY, Shanghai Chuangxin SY	1966 - 1980: 120 boats	none	Albania, 1968-1974: 23 boats Pakistan, 1975: 4 boats Tanzania, 1975: 4 boats Zaire, 1976: 2 boats Zaire, 1978: 2 boats Romania, 1970s: 3 boats Bangladesh, 1988: 4 boats	1990s-2005: all 1995: 80 were in service 2003: 20 were in service

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	39
Displacement full, t	46
Length, m	22.5
Breadth, m	3.80 wl, 6.26 over foils
Draught, m	1.15
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 M-50F-4 diesels
Power, h. p.	3600
Max speed, kts	50
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	500(30)
Armament	2 x 2 - 14.5/93, 2 - 533 TT
Electronic equipment	type 025: Zarnitsa radar type 026: type 756 radar
Complement	11

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Project history

The world's first operational foil-borne warships. The were two versions, type 025 with the bridge well forward and both twin MG mountings aft, and type 026 with the bridge farther aft and the MGs fore an aft.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.