A G-5-class motor torpedo boat passing in front of the Soviet cruiser Kirov in 1940
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Class overview | |
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Operators | |
Preceded by | Stalnoy class |
Succeeded by | D3 class |
Subclasses | Series 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
Built | 1933–1941 |
In commission | 1934–late 1950s |
Completed | about 300 |
Lost | 73 |
Preserved | 1[citation needed] |
General characteristics (Series 10) | |
Type | Motor torpedo boat |
Displacement | 16.26 tonnes (16.00 long tons; 17.92 short tons) (standard) |
Length | 18.85–19.1 m (61 ft 10 in – 62 ft 8 in) overall |
Beam | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 0.82 m (2 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 53 knots (61 mph; 98 km/h) |
Complement | 6-7 |
Armament |
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Notes | 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) of fuel |
The G-5 was a Soviet motor torpedo boat design built before and during World War II. Approximately 300 were built, of which 73 were lost during the war. Four were exported to the Spanish Republican Navy during the Spanish Civil War and others were transferred to North Korea after the war. Three were captured by the Finns, but only two were used before all three had to be returned to the Soviets after the Moscow Armistice in 1944.