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"K-18" type minesweeping motor boats (RTShch-205) (1943 - 1945)


Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

№205 [No205], 6.1944- РТЩ-205 [RTShch-205], 9.1944- KT-205

№206 [No206], 6.1944- РТЩ-206 [RTShch-206], 9.1944- KT-206

РТЩ-220 - 223 [RTShch-220 - 223], 11.1944- KT-220 - 223

РТЩ-491 - 495 [RTShch-491 - 495], 6.1944- КЭМТЩ-491 - 495 [KEMTShch-491 - 495]

РТЩ-496 [RTShch-496]

РТЩ-497 [RTShch-497], 6.1944- KT-497

РТЩ-498 [RTShch-498], 6.1944- KT-498

РТЩ-499 [RTShch-499], 7.1944- КЭМТЩ-499 [KEMTShch-499]

РТЩ-500 [RTShch-500], 7.1944- КЭМТЩ-500 [KEMTShch-500]

KT-693 - 700

KT-729 - 739

KT-742 - 745

Kostroma S Yd: No205, 206, RTShch-220-223, 491-500, KT-693-700, 729-739, 742-745

1943: No205, 206, RTShch-496 - 498

1944: RTShch-220 - 223, 491 - 495, 499, 500, KT-693 - 700, 729 - 739

1945: KT-742 - 745

KT-220 (21.3.1945), KT-222 (28.3.1945), KT-696 (8.5.1945), KT-729 (28.3.1945)

none

late 1940s: all survived



Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t17.5
Length, m

15.9

Breadth, m

3.30

Draught, m

0.70

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

85 or 115

Max speed, kts

6.5 - 8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/79 or 1 x 1 - 7.6/94, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement7


Standard scale images


<i>KT-205 </i>1944
KT-205 1944


Project history

River minesweeping boats. The further development of type K-17.

Modernizations

1944, KEMTShch-491-495, 499, 500: - mechanical minesweeping gear; + magnetic minesweeping gear

Naval service

No significant events.