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BITNY motor ASW boats (project 194, 1944 / 1946)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

Bitny (ex-MO-542?)

Błyskawiczny (ex-MO-546)

196 Yd, Leningrad, USSR: Bitny, Błyskawiczny

1944 // 4.1946: Bitny, Błyskawiczny

none

none

1963: Bitny, Błyskawiczny



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

62

Displacement full, t

74

Length, m

24.8

Breadth, m

4.20

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Packard W8 petrol engines / 1 ZIS-5 petrol engine for cruising

Power, h. p.

2400 / 68

Max speed, kts

21 / 6

Fuel, t

petrol 7.2

Endurance, nm(kts)495(8.4)
Armour, mmbelt: 10, deck: 12 - 8, CT: 12 - 8
Armament

1 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 1 x 1 - 45/68 21KM, 2 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 DCR (12) or 10 mines

Electronic equipmentTamir-1 sonar
Complement

24



Standard scale images


<i>Bitny</i> 1946
Bitny 1946


Project history

Soviet submarine chasers of project 194 (BMO class).

Ship protection

Armour protected CT, machinery and fuel tanks.

Modernizations

1950, both: engines were replaced by 2 M50 diesels and 1 Albin G6D cruising diesel (2000/70hp, 20kts).

Naval service

: No significant events.