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BORA motor torpedo boats (1942)


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Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

Bora

Kasırga

Yıldırım

Şimsek

Tayfun

Gölcük Tersanesi: Bora, Kasırga, Yıldırım, Şimsek, Tayfun

1942: Bora, Kasırga, Yıldırım, Şimsek, Tayfun

None

None

1951: Bora, Kasırga, Yıldırım, Şimsek, Tayfun



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

30

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

21.8

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

0.80

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

33

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 - 450 TR

Complement 


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<i>Bora </i>1942
Bora 1942


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Project history

Design was developed on the basis of drawings of Vosper-built boats. Wooden stepped hull.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.