P 4-class torpedo boat
Decommissioned P 4-class torpedo boat of the Bangladesh Navy. Preserved at the Bangladesh Military Museum. | |
| Class overview | |
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| Preceded by | D3 class |
| Succeeded by | P-6 class |
| Built | 1944–1955 |
| Completed | ~336 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motor torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 22 tonnes (22 long tons) |
| Length | 18.70 m (61 ft 4 in) (B-123) 19.26 m (63 ft 2 in) (K-123) |
| Beam | 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Draft | 1.0 m (3 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Soviet M-50 diesel engines, 2,400 hp (1,790 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed | 46–55 knots (85–102 km/h; 53–63 mph) |
| Range | 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) |
| Complement | 7-12 |
| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Soviet I band Zarnitsa (Skin Head) navigational radar (K-123 only) |
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The P 4-class torpedo boat, Soviet designations Project 123-bis and Project 123-K, commonly called the Komsomolets class (Russian: Комсомолец, a male member of the Komsomol), were Soviet aluminum-hulled torpedo boats. They were armed with twin heavy machine guns and two 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedoes. A large number of them were exported to allied states such as North Vietnam and China. They saw service in a variety of armed conflicts including World War II, the First Taiwan Strait Crisis, the Vietnam War and the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus.
The P 4 torpedo boats consisted of two primary types; the Project 123-bis (B-123) type with 12.7-millimetre (0.50 in) machine guns, and the Project 123-K (K-123) type with added radar and 14.5-millimetre (0.57 in) machine guns.