PO-class

Class overview
NamePO class
BuildersBSO Split
Operators
Built1982-1984
Completed3
Active1
General characteristics
TypeAuxiliary ship
Displacement882 tons standard
Length58.2 m (190 ft 11 in)
Beam11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draught2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2 Burmeister & Wain diesel engines, 2,600 kilowatts (3,480 bhp), 2 Shafts, 3 auxiliary engines
Speed16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range1,500 mi (2,400 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Capacity
  • 150 fully armed troops
  • Six tanks
  • Water 38 tones
  • Fuel 76 tones
Complement43
Armament
ArmorSplinter plating

The PO-class consists of three small multi-role transport ships. They were built for the Yugoslav Navy by indigenous design made by Brodoprojekt Rijeka in the early 1980s at the BSO shipyard, Split, known as the Lubin class by NATO.[1] They had a primary function of replenishing warships of the Yugoslav Navy with weapons, and as such were designated PO, short for (Serbian: Pomoćni oružar) (Ammunition Auxiliary)[2] The first of class, Lubin (PO-91), remains in service, now in the Montenegrin Navy.[3]

  1. ^ "BSO - Review of Delivered Vessels since 1980" (PDF). Brodosplit. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ Prézelin and Baker 1990, p. 941.
  3. ^ "Simulirano spasavanje, iskreno prijateljstvo | Aktuelno". Novosti.rs. Retrieved 2015-12-04.