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Country: Germany.
Class, [Type]: MFP, [Gbt].

Builder: Biesbosch, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Laid down date: 12 May 1941.
Launch date: April 1942.
Commission date: 6 March 1944.
Decommission date: 29 August 1944.

Displacement ( tons ): 400 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 49,84 x 6,6 x 1,7.
Main machinery: 3 x Deutz diesel engine ( 1170 hp ).
Range ( miles ): 400 at 8 knots.
Speed ( knots ): 8.
Complement: 60.

Guns: 2 x 1 88mm, 2 x 4 20mm AA, or 2 x 1 88mm, 1 x 1 37mm 2 x 4 20mm AA.
Comment: In late 1943, converted from a high-speed landing barges F-254A. As a result of conversion of changes were made in the artillery and cellar equipment in the hold. Thanks to powerful weapons and small displacement is extremely effective in coastal waters. Engine room and wheelhouse are protected 20 - 25-mm armor, ammunition cellars - 100 mm. August 29, 1944 flooded the roads Varna.

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