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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
GB1, 9.1939- Bechelaren (ex-President Masaryk)	GB1		Škoda, Plsen, Czechoslovakia	10.1930	10/1930	8.1932 // 3.1939	captured by USA 10.5.1945, to Czechoslovakia 1950 (President Masaryk)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	230
Length, m	47.5 wl 48.5 oa
Breadth, m	6.00
Draught, m	0.95
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Škoda geared steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	2300
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	oil 20
Armour, mm	belt: 10, deck: 5, turrets: 8
Armament	2 x 2 - 66/35 Škoda, 2 x 2 - 7.9/90
Complement	43

Project history

Former Czechoslovak monitor President Masaryk, captured at Czechoslovakia seizure 18.4.1939.

Ship protection

Ship had bullet-proof protection of hull and artillery.

Modernizations

1940: - 1 x 2 - 7.9/90; + 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38

(1 - 4.1944, Schiffswerft Linz): ship was completely reconstructed; new data were as follows: full displacement: 300t, dimensions: 48.00(wl) 49.0(oa) x 6.00 x 1.20m; 2 MWM diesels (1800hp), complement: 46 prs. Armament consisted of 2 x 1 - 66/35 Škoda, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 1 x 1 - 7.9/79.

Naval service

In 1945 Bechelaren was returned to Czechoslovakia.