PT - ORP S 5

ORP "5" (ex.HMS MTB-424)


type: torpedo boat
class: a type of White 424
codename: 424 (1944), With 5 (1944-1945)


Building
shipyard: J. Samuel White in Cowes, United Kingdom
the keel laying: 1943
run on water: 1944
inclusion in the services: 03.05.1944
eliminated: 1945 sold into private ownership


Size
max.length: 22,3 m
max.width: 5.5 m
draft: 1,69 m
standard displacement: 39 t
maximum displacement: 46,7 t

Drive
3x engine Sterling Admiral with a total output of 3360 HP
3 bolts
speed: 40 knts
range: 240 Nm at 24 kts

Armament
1x 57 mm/Mk IIA
2x 20 mm Oerlikon (1xII)
4x machine gun 7.7 mm/Lewis (2xII)
2x tube 457 mm (2xI)
2 chutes for depth charges


Crew: 2 officers + 15 ncos and sailors


sources:
www.marynarkawojenna.pl
www.polishnavy.pl
www.bmpt.org.uk
www.wwii.pl.
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