Independent Yugoslav Naval Forces

TheNomad99 · July 28, 2023, 2:19am

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Hello ladies and gentlemen,

today we are proposing Independent Yugoslav Naval forces. The time period of the suggestion encompasses naval vessels used by State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes later renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav partisan forces and Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. The suggestion consists of coastal, bluewater fleet and submarines. Some of the vessels while not built in Yugoslavia are nonetheless unique as they were built on the basis of Yugoslav plans or for Yugoslavia only. The tech trees include only those Austro-Hungarian ships which were used by the aforementioned states. Suggestion overall includes only one copy-paste that’s already in the game. The lack of quantity in the bluewater tech tree is due the focus on coastal defence and lack of industrial capabilites, which in turn makes the bluewater tech tree numerically inferior compared to in-game naval tech trees.

In the tech tree that we created there are 30 coastal vessels in the main tech tree +18 in the Premium/Event line with one being a squadron vehicle, Bluewater line has 8 main tech tree ships and 2 Premium/Event ships. As for submarines there are 8 of them and three of those are Premiums.

Coastal fleet

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PČ-22 Streljko (Shooter)

Was smaller fishing boat which partisans armed and used with one 40 mm, two 20 mm and two 8 mm guns with addition of one 81 mm mortar. She is 15 meters long and 3,9 meters wide with displacement of 17 tones. She was able to achieve the speed of 8 knots while powered by 50 hp engine. Boat was, because of her actions during the war, awarded Order of Merit for the People with a golden wreath. She is today exhibited in Split.

NB-1 Krava (Cow)

Ex fishing boat used by Germans for patroling. She was captured and used by Yugoslav Partisans. Armed with one 40 mm, four 20 mm, one 15 mm and two 8 mm guns. She measured in 25 meters in lenght, 6 meters in width and had displacement 120 tone. Her speed was 11 knots by being powered by 240 hp engine. Her fate ended when she was sunk by German planes on March 20. 1944.

NB-13 Partizan (Partisan)

Tuna fishing boat armed in June 1944 with two 40 mm, three 20 mm and another two 8 mm guns. She had displacement of 24 tones and measured 22 meters in length and 5,5 meters in width. Her engine had 100 hp and was capable of 9,5 knots. Her crew composed of 20 men. Partisan’s career ended on 20th of November 1944 when allied plane struck her down mistaking her for enemy vessel.

NB-11 Crvena Zvezda (Red Star)

At first she was anti partisan boat called Anton. Captured on April 27th 1944. She was larger vessel of the Yugoslav partisans armed with one 40 mm, two 37 mm, one quadruple 20 mm, two double 12,7 mm, two 8 mm guns, 81 mm and 37 mm mortars. She had displacement of 150 tones with lenght of 24 meters, width of 5,5 meters and 135 hp engine and speed of 8 knots. Crew was composed of 29 members. On april 1st it sank as it encountered a mine. 2 sources on internet say she also carried German 88 mm cannon but I can not confirm that, maybe added as a modification.

PBR-91 Golešnica

After the capitulation of Italy in 1943 T1 was returned to Yugoslavian navy and delivered to them to Malta. After the war she became part JRM, got renamed first to ŠBR-91 and then PBR-91 »Golešnica«. They also rearmed her with two single Bofors 40 mm, quadruple German 20 mm Flak 38, two 450 mm torpedo tubes and two depth charges sliders. In 1959, it was used as a target ship and sank at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor.

TČ-101

Rearmed PT-201. With two double 12,7 mm M2 Browning, one 20 mm Oerlikon, 40 mm Bofors and 2 torpedo tubes were planted.

TČ-152

laid down in Ivan Cetinič shipyard in Korcula, launched, entered into the fleet of Yugoslavia. Armed with two 20 mm Hispanos, 40 mm Bofors and 2 torpedos. She measured 24 meters in length and 6 meters in width while powered by 3 V12 Packard 5M-2500 egines enabling maximum speed was 40 knots.

MTOP-174

Laid down by the Ivan Cetinić shipyard in Korcula, launched, entered the Yugoslavian fleet made into motorized gunboat (Motorna topovnjača) at the Sava Kovačević shipyard in Tivat. Armed with two 40 mm Bofors and two 20 mm Hispanos. She measured 24 meters in length and 6 meters in width while powered by 3 V12 Packard 5M-2500 egines achieving the maximum speed of little less than 40 knots.

PČ-132 Kalnik

Part of C-80 class, she entered service in 1964. Armed with two thriple 20 mm M55. They had Decca 45 and later Decca 946 radars. Speed of 15 knots. She had crew of 21 and could achieve speed of 15 knots, while being powered by 2 deiesel Mercedes-Maybach engines. Ships of her class were around 30 meters long.

PČ-137 Rudnik

Faster version of C-80 class. Achieving speed up to 18 knots. 4 ships with such modifications were built in 1967.

PBR-504

Part of the first series of Kraljevica-class built in Tito’s shipyard in Kraljevica in 1952. 24 boats under such class were built. They were meant to be used for anti-submarine warfare. She was 41 meters long and 6,3 meters wide. Her armament at first consisted of two Mark 6 depth charge throwers, two Mousetraps or one hedgehog system, one 3’‘/50 mark 22 cannon, one singe barelled 40 mm L60 Bofors and four 20 mm Oerlikon cannons. During 70s 3’'/50 Mark 22 cannon was removed and replaced with two Soviet RBU 1200. She was powered by two MAN W8 V30/38 diesel engines who with producing 1500 hp each propulse two shafts making her achieving maximum speed of 17 knots. PBR-504 was expelled from the Yugoslav navy in 1980s. operated by the crew of 39.

PBR-551 Mornar

Laid down in 1957 one year after Yugoslavia recieved Le Fougueux-class submarine chaser on which PBR-551 and her sister ship PBR-552 were based on and named Mornar-class. Same as Le Fougueux and Kraljevica-class Mornar was also meant to be used for anti-submarine warfare. She measured 53,3 meters in length and 7 meters in width. Armament from the beginning to early 70s consisted of two 3’'/50 mark 22 cannons, two 40 mm L60 and two 20 mm cannons. Somehwere between 1970 and 1973 they removed 76,2 mark 22 cannons and replaced them with Soviet four RBU 1200. For fighting underwater threats she had two Mark 6 depth charge throwers and Mark 9 depth charge racks. She was propelled four SEMT pielstick PA17V diesel engines which powered two shafts achieving total power of 3250 hp. That made her achieve the top speed of 20 knots. Mornar and her sister ship Borac were both deleted in 1992.

RE-54 Učka

Ship began construction as an Italian Ariete-class torpedo boat Balestra in 1942 in Cantieri Navali del Quarnaro , today Brodogradilište 3. maj in Rijeka but she was not finished before Italian capitulation and so Germans took over the construction and renamed her to TA 47. They also did not finish the works because of bombing raids before the end of the war when Yugoslavia took over, finished the work in 1947 and renamed her to RE-54 Učka. She entered service in the Yugoslav navy in February 1st, 1951 and served until 27th June 1967. She had a length of 83,5 meters and was around 8,6 meters wide. Powered by two steam boilers that produced 22000 hp which propelled two shafts she was able to reach maximum speed of around 30 knots. Because of being build after the war under Yugoslavia her armament was slightly different from her sister's ships as they mounted on her two 88 mm Flak 37 cannons instead of two 100 mm and instead of one she had two 20 mm Flak 38 on her with additional 4 Breda 35 cannons. She had also recieved one triple mounted 450 mm torpedo ]tubes and 2 depth charge throwers. That was operated by the crew of 158.

PČ-171 Biokovo

One of the 11 ships of Mirna-class patrol boat. She is 32 meters long and 6,7 meters wide. Powered by 3660 hp engine she could achieve speed of 32 knots. Her armament consisted of one 40 mm Bofors, one four barreled 20mmm M71 and another four barreled rocket launcher Strela 2M. They were build in 1981. PČ-171 was captured in 1991 and is now being operated by Croatian navy under the name OB-01 Novigrad. She has crew of 22.

Galeb (1952)

Built in 1938 under the name Ramb III by S.A. Ansaldo at Sestri Ponente in Genoa. At first designed and built as a transport ship to transport bananas and people between Italy and their colonial possessions in Africa. Operated by »Regia azienda monopolio di banane«. She was one of the 4 of her class. They were also designed to be fitted with armament during wartime and escort convoys on their rutes. Her armament consisted of 120 mm cannons but sources differ if she had 4 or 2 and as so do for the secondary weapons which were either 13,2 mm machine guns or 20 mm cannons of which both numbers differ depnding on the source. She protected convoys between Italy and North[ Africa and Albania. On 30 May 1941 when she was hit by torpedo fired from British submarine Triumph off the coast of Lybia. Not being completely sunk she was patched and sent to Trieste for more extensive repairs. Still being in Trieste she was captured by Germans on September 16th 1943 after armistice of Cassibile. While serving under Germans Ramb III supported landings on different Adriatic islands. After being refitted and rebulit she began to serve as a minesweeper February 15th 1944. Armament consisted of three 120 mm guns, three 37 mm Breda cannons, 20 mm cannons, other machine guns and could carry up to 240 naval mines. On March 26th 1944 she was renamed to Kiebitz. While laying mines on 13 July 1944 she struck two of her own mines and had to travel to Pula and then to Trieste for repair until August 7th. On September 5th 1944 Kiebitz was bombed and sunk by American bombers during her minelaying mission in Northern Adriatic. On 12 March 1948 she was raised from around 20 meters depth and towed to Pula to Uljanik shipyard. At first she was to be named Istra but Galeb was chosen instead. Reconstruction was finished in 1952. She was armed with four 88 mm cannons, four 40 mm Bofors and six Flakvierling 38, two 12,7 mm Brownings, paravane, two depth charge throwers and could hold 320 SAG-1 or 600 SAG-2 type mines. She also recieved newer navigational equipment including two radars. Propulsion was aslo changed from two Fiat engines which could produce total of 7200 horspepowers to Burmeister & Wain which in total could produce 5000 horse powers which gave her maximum speed of over 18 knots. A refit followed in 1959 by having all 88 mm cannons and four Flakvierlings 38 in exchange for mountingg two additional 40 mm Bofors. Additional modernisation of electronics also took place. The forward of the Galeb was widened and bidge was enlarged. Later the armament was changed again to only four 40 mm Bofors guns and all German Flakvierlings 38 were replaced by four more modern quadruple mounted 20 mm M-75s which are licensed Hispano-Suiza cannons. Addditionaly Galeb recieved three MTU-4 rocket launchers and two 76 mm ceremonial cannons. Under Yugoslav service Galeb served as practice ship and presidental yacht of Josip Broz Tito on which he spent over a year of his life, visited many countries and hosted events and famous people. In 1991 she took part in a war as part of naval blokade of Croatian coast. In December of 1991 she also rescued crew of a sunken ship which transported civilians, trucks and ammunition. In 1992 she was used as transport ship for evacuating troops and was later stationed at Montenegrin naval base in Tivat and Bijela. In 2000 Galeb was sold to Greek ship owner John Paul Papanicolau for $750 000. Ship was meant to be rebuilt but the reconstruction was abandoned in 2001. In 2009 city of Rijeka became an owner and is today still in remont. Galeb is 117,3 meters long and 15,6 meters wide.

RTOP-401 Rade Končar

She was the first of 6 Yugoslav missile boats of Končar-class built in 1977. She measured 44,9 meters in length and 7,8 meters in width. Her top speed was 40 knots which was enabled by two MTU 16 V 583 TB9 which together produced around 7200 hp, two Rolls-Royce Marine Protehus gas turbines which together produced around 9000 hp. All that powered four shafts. Armament consisted of two P20 Soviet rocket launchers, two 57 mm Bofors naval guns and four two barreled RB-128 »Svitac«. After the war she served under FR Yugoslavia and then under Montenegro finishing her career in 2006.

RTOP-401 Rade Končar (AK-630M)

In late 80s into early 90s RTOP-401 and RTOP-402 underwent modification of removing 57mm and switching it with Russian AK-630M.

RTOP-411 Sergej Mašera

Designed during the late 80s in Brodarski Institut in Zagreb in cooperation with Rijeka Brodoprojekt RTOP-411 is armed with 4 to 8 Swedish RBS-15B rockets, 57 mm L/70 in the front and one AK-630M in the back. All that is operated by the crew of 33. Ship propel three Soviet M504B-2 engines which produce the power of 15 153,5496 hp and power two shafts. She measures 53,63 meters in lenght and 8,5 meters in width. All that enables her have the maximum speed of 36 knots. After project being terminated in 1989 it was meant to be restarted in 1991. She was 90% completed but the procrastination of the Croatian workers who waited for the Croatian independence she never sailed under Yugoslav flag but under Croatian flag and under the different name of RTOP-11 Kralj Petar Krešimir IV. As such the name of her class became Kralj-class.

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Uskok

One of two boats of Uskok or Četnik-class. The other being, well Četnik. They were built by Thornycroft Company for Royal Yugoslav Navy. Both served at first under Yugoslav command and later under Italian. They measured 16,7 meters in lenght and 3.35 meters in width. They were powered by 2 petrol engines of 750 hp achieving speed of 37 knots. They were armed with 456 mm torpedo tubes, four depth charges and 2 Lewis machine guns operated by a crew of 5. One was lost during the war in 1942, the other was found later and scrapped in 1950s.

Orjen

Part of German built Orjen-class based on S-2 in manufactured in Lürsen. Her armament composed of 550 mm tubes and one 40 mm cannon. She served under Yugoslav and Italian comand. On board was a crew of 16 men. She had overall length 28 meters and width of 4,3 meters. Being powered by 3 petrol engines, making up for 3,300 hp made it available for the boat to travel up to 31 knots.

T9

Was redesignation of redesignation of Schwalbe, Austro-Hungarian Kaiman-class torpedo boat which[ served under Yugoslavia from the ending of World War 1 until 1928 or 1930 when she was scrapped. The ship was armed with three 450 mm torpedo tubes and four 47 mm Škoda, licence-built QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss gun. Her crew consisted of 31 men, had lenght of 56 meters, width of 5,5 and 3000 indicated horse powers achieving the speed of 26 knots.

T1

250T-class boat built in Trieste for Austro-Hungarian navy as 76 T but after the First World War it went under Yugoslav control under the name T1. She was armed with two 66 mm Škoda, 450 mm torpedo tubes and from 10 to 12 naval mines. Her lenght was 58,2 meters long and beam was 5,7 meters wide. On board were 39 men. Steam Turbines had maximal power of 6000 hp making them able to travel at a speed of 28 knots. After 1941 she served under Italian flag until their capitulaton when it was returned to the Yugoslav navy in exile. She survived the war and was later rearmed.

T5

250T-class torpedo boat built in Fiume (Rijeka) as 87F. She had crew of 38 men. Lenght of 58,5 meters and beam 5,8 meters wide. Her sister ship reached speed of 29,5 knots and not as planned 28. After losing the April War Italians used T5 as their own until capitulation. She survived the Second World War and was refitted with two single 40 mm Bofors and one 20 mm while torpedo tubes were removed. She also got new name, PBR-92 Cer.

Sokol

One of the ships of Galeb-class minelayers. Built in Germany by Neptune-Rosto between 1917 and 1919 as M144. Bought by Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes for a 1,400,000 marks as a tugboat as was the rest of the class. Upon arrival she was rearmed with two 90 mm Škoda cannons, two 8 mm machine guns and was able to carry from 24 to 30 naval mines. At that time she was renamed to Sokol. She was captured by Italians in 1941 in Split and served under the new flag as Eso. All of the ships were recomissioned to submarine hunters and escorted supply routes between Italy and their African colonies. She was sunk near Tunisia in 1943 by an allied torpedo. She measured of 59,63 meters in length and 7,3 meters inw and had 1850 indicated horse powers. By being powered by two boilers which used steam that was produced by burning coal that powered two propeller shafts Sokol could achieve the speed of 15 knots. Crew consisted of 40 sailors.

Zmaj (1937)

She was a seaplane tender built for Royal Yugoslavia navy by Deutsche Werft in Hamburg. Launched in 22. June 1929. On the way to Yugoslavia she suffered a fire in engine room and needed to Hamburhg for repairs. She was accpeted into Yugoslav service on 20. August 1930. There she received an armament of two 83,5 mm Škoda and two double 40 mm Škoda cannons. She was changed to minelayer in 1937 and it is said she was able to carry up to 100 mines. After the April War she was used by Germans under the name Drache for minelaying and was after being reffited even used for the testing of flettner Fl-282. In 1944 she was sunk after being bombed by Beaufighter planes. She was sunk in Vati Bay where she remained until 1967 after finaly being cut. Zmaj was 83 meters long and 13 meters wide with a crew of 145. She was powered by 2 MAN diesel engines with maximumoutput of 3260 horsepower which could make her go up to 15 knots.

MORAVA

Completed in 1892, she served under Austro-Hungarian navy as Körös until the end of First World War after she got transfered to Navy of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and renamed to Morava in 1920. Crew of 84 men operated two single 120 mm cannons, two 66 mm Škoda cannons and 4 machine guns. She measured 54 meters in lenght and 9 meters in width. Her 1200 hp propulsion system made it available for her to have a maximum speed of 10 knots. During invasion of Yugoslavia her crew Scuttled her but them NDH raised her up and renamed Bosna, she served until 1944 when she struck a mine on river Una. She was raised again and broken up in 1945.

VARDAR

Ex Austro-Hungarian Sava-class river monitor named Bosna at first but while in construction renamed Temes (II) and then back to Bosna. In World War 1 she served in Serbia and on Austro-Hungarian-Romanian border. After the war she got transfered to Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and in 1920 her name changed to Vardar. On board she had 91 sailors. Armed with two 120 mm cannons, two 120 mm howitzers, two 66 mm cannons, two 47 mm cannons and 7 machine guns. Her lenght was 62 meters, while width was 10,3 meters. Her engines could produce up to 1750 hp which enables maximum speed of 13,5 knots. In 1941 men on board of Vardar fought off multiple Ju-87 planes. Monitors Sava, Morava and Vardar met at confluence of Danube and Sava river where captains decided to scuttle them.

SAVA

Second ship of Temes-class river monitors built for Austro-Hungarian navy. 57,7 meters long and 9,5 meters wide. She was named Bodrog at first but was after First World War renamed in 1920 to Sava under newly formed Yugoslav command. In 1941 she got scuttled but raised and repaired by Independent State of Croatia, name stayed the same. Under command of NDH she served together Morava, named Bosna at the time. She got scuttled in 1944 but raised again and made operational after the war. She served as part of JRM until 1962. Before getting new weaponry after the war, her armament consisted of two 120 mm canons, one 120 mm howitzer and one 66 mm cannon and three 8 mm machine guns. She had crew of 86. Her maximum speed was 13 knots with engine having 1400 hp.

DRAVA

Laid down in Linz as first of the two river monitors, Enns-class. Named Enns before being transfered to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs she took part in World War 1 against Serbia where she was damaged but repaired and continued her service until the end the war. After briefly serving under Hungarian flag she was transfered to Kingdom of SCS and in 1920 renamed Drava. She was sunk by enemy aircraft in 1941 after shooting down 3 planes. She was armed with one double 120 mm cannon, three 120 mm howitzers, two single 66 mm Škoda and six 8 mm machine guns. Operated by a crew of 95 she could achieve speed of 13 knots, being powered by 1700 engine. Her measurments were: 57,5 meters in lenght and 10,3 meters in width.

TČ-213 Proleter

Soviet project 206 license built in Kraljevica, Yugoslavia in 1968.

Bluewater Fleet

Beograd, Beograd-class

Beograd was the first ship of her class to be built. She was designed by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire. The ship was designed to be a part of a division led by the destroyer Dubrovnik. She was launched in 1937 in with four single 120 mm main guns, two dual 40 mm AA guns and two single machine guns. She also had two triple 550 mm torpedo tubes and carried 30 naval mines. Her length was 98 m, with a width of 9,45 m and a draft of 3,18 m. She displaced 1210 tonnes. Her crew was comprised of 145 people. Before the start of WWII, the ship was used to transport a large part of Yugoslavia’s gold reserve to Britain, where it was supposed to be stored within Bank of England. She was destroyed by Yugoslavian artillery or scuttled in 1945 at the port of Trieste after being captured by Italian and German forces.

Zagreb, Beograd-class

Zagreb was a Beograd-class destroyer launched in 1938 and commissioned in 1939. She was built to be deployed as part of a division led by destroyer Dubrovnik and was the first warship to be built in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. She had a displacement of 1210 tonnes and was 98 m long, 9,45 m wide and had a draft of 3,18 m. The ship’ s armaments were four single 120mm L/46 guns, two dual 40 mm AA guns, two machine guns and two triple 550 mm torpedo tubes. She was also equipped to carry 30 naval mines. The crew consisted of 145 members. Zagreb was scuttled in 1941 to prevent it from being captured by Italian forces.

Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-class

Dubrovnik was launched in 1931, she was designed by Yarrow Shipbuilders. She was built to be a flotilla leader. The ship was equipped with four single-mounted 140 mm naval guns, two 83,5 mm AA guns, six 40 mm AA guns, arranged in two single and two double mounts, two 15 mm machine guns, six triple-mounted 533 mm torpedo tubes. She also had two depth charge throwers and two depth charge rails. She could carry ten depth charges and forty mines. The ship had a crew of 240 personnel. She had a length of 113,2 m, a width of 10,67 m and a draft 3,58-4,1 m. Her displacement was 1910 t. The ship was scuttled by German forces in the Battle of the Ligurian Sea under the name TA32.

Dalmacija (1941), Gazelle-class

After she was bought, disarmed and with her conning tower removed by Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the ship was renamed Dalmacija and refitted with new armament. This consisted of six Škoda 8,5 cm L/55 quick-firing guns, four late six 2 cm AA guns. Not all historians agree on all aspects of the ship’ s armament. Her armour was also improved. Dalmacija measured 105 m in length, 12,2 m in width and had a draft of 5,03 m with a displacement of 2643 t. She carried a complement of 14 officers and 243 enlisted men. Her top speed was 21,5 knots.

Split, Split-class

Split was a large destroyer designed by Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1939. The ship was meant to be 120 m long, 11,3 m wide and had a draft of 3,48 m. Her displacement was to be 2439 tonnes and her top speed was 38 knots. The armament was meant to be five 140 mm Škoda guns in single mounts, ten 40 mm AA guns mounted in five twin mounts, eight 15 mm AA guns in four twin mounts and two triple mounted 533 mm torpedo tubes. The crew consisted of 240 personnel. The ship was captured while under construction in April 1941 by Italian forces.

Split (1958), Split-class

Split is a large destroyer, whose construction started in 1939 and halted during World War II, because of the unsuccessful delivery of the required supplies. The ship was finished in 1958. It measured 120 m in length, 12 m in width and had a draft of 3,7 m. She displaced 2,439 tonnes. Her armaments included four single 127 mm naval guns, one quad, two twin and two single Bofors guns, five quintuple–mounted 533 mm torpedo tubes, two Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortars, six depth charge throwers, two depth charge racks and 40 mines. The crew was comprised of 240 men. The ship was decommissioned in 1980 and scrapped in 1986.

Radetzky, Radetzky-class

Jugoslavija, Tegetthoff-class

Jugoslavija, originally named Viribus Unitis, was a dreadnought battleship constructed for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1910 and 1911. She was the vessel used by Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria to travel to the mouth of the Neretva River. She also transported the bodies of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife back to Trieste. The ship was 152 m long, 27,9 m wide and had a draft of 8,7 m, with a displacement of 20000 t. Jugoslavija’ s armaments were four triple 30,5 cm guns, twelve single 15 cm guns, twelve 7 cm guns, three single 66 mm AA guns, two 66 mm L/18 landing guns and four submerged 533 mm torpedo tubes, which were positioned in the bow, stern and both broadsides. Her crew consisted of 1087 men. The ship was used in the Otranto Raid and was later ceded to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. She was then renamed to Jugoslavija and was moored in the naval base at Pola, where she was sunk by two men of the Italian Navy with TNT charges which also killed 300-400 of her crew.

VPBR-33 Kotor, Kotor-class

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Submarines

Hrabri, Hrabri-class

Hrabri was a diesel-electric submarine built by the Vickers Armstrong Naval Yard from 1925 to 1927 for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Her displacement was 991 t when surfaced and 1183 submerged. She measured 72,05 m in length, 7,32 m in width and had a draft of 3,96 m. The submarine was equipped with six 533 mm torpedo tubes mounted in the bow, two 102 mm guns and one machine gun. She carried 12 torpedoes. Her crew consisted of 45 men. Prior to the WWII, she performed cruises with other ships and submarines. She was captured by Italian forces in the Bay of Kotor in 1941 and was later scrapped because of her poor condition.

Osvetnik, Osvetnik-class

Osvetnik was a diesel-electric submarine built by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Noire, lauched in 1929. The recipient of the vessel was the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which ordered two submarines of this class. She was 66,5 m long, 5,4 m wide and had a draft of 3,8 m. Her displacement was 640 t surfaced and 822 t when submerged. She was armed with six 550 mm torpedo tubes, of which four were mounted in the bow and two in the stern, one 100 mm gun and one 40 mm AA gun. The crew was comprised of 43 men. The submarine was captured in the Bay of Kotor in 1941 by Italian forces, who refitted and modernised her at Pola. She was renamed Francesco Rismondo and was captured by the Germans in 1943, who scuttled her shortly after.

P-802 Sava (1960), Flutto-class

A refit made in 1960, surface armament removed, the shape of the sail was changed and more modern navigational equipment was added.

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Neretva, Sutjeska-class

Neretva was a diesel-electric submarine built for the Yugoslav Navy by the Uljanik Yard in Pula. She was built in late 1950s and early 1960s. Her displacement was 700 t when surfaced and 945 t submerged. She measured 60 m in length, 6,6 m in width and had a draft of 4,8 m. The ships crew consisted of 38 men. Her armament was six 533 mm torpedo tubes, four mounted in the bow and two in the stern. The ship was refitted with a modernised sonar in the 1970s. She was decommissioned in 1987 and scrapped.

Heroj, Heroj-class

Heroj was a diesel-electric attack submarine built by Brodogradilište specijalnih objekta in Split for the SFR Yugoslav Navy. She was the first submarine of her class and was launched in 1967. The boat had a length of 50,4 m, a hull diameter of 6,68 m and a displacement of 614 t surfaced and 705 t submerged. She had a crew of 28 men. The ships armament were four 533 mm torpedo tubes, which could also be used for minelaying. She could carry six torpedoes or twelve naval mines. The boat remained in service until 1968 and was decommissioned in 2005/2006.

Sava, Sava-class

Sava was a diesel-electric attack submarine built by Brodogradilište specijalnih objekta in Split for the SFR Yugoslav Navy. She was launched in 1977 as the first submarine of her class. Her displacement was 770 t when surfaced and 964 t when submerged. She measured 55,9 m in length and had an armament of six 533 mm torpedo tubes, which could also be used for minelaying. 10 torpedoes or 20 naval mines could be carried on board. The crew consisted of 35 men. The submarine was decommissioned in 2002 and sold for scrap in 2008.

Učka-7A

Submarine project favoured by Yugoslav Ministry of Defence. Construction was meant to be started in the 1990s. Her displacement was meant to reach 1500 t, her armament would consist of 6 or 8 torpedo tubes and oblique rocket launchers. The hull diameter was planned to reach 6,25 meters. Yugoslavia also bought newer torpedoes from the USSR, but they were never used.

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Coastal Fleet

Durmitor

Durmitor was laid down by the shipyard in Bremen-Vegesak in 1936, launched in 1937, introduced into the Yugoslav Navy in 1938, on April 19, 1941 moved to Kefalonia in Crete, on April 27, 1941, transferred to Alexandria, from 1941 was subordinate British command, in 1943 transferred to the Yugoslavian Navy abroad, at the end of August 1945 transferred to the Yugoslavian Navy and on September 1th 1945 entered the Yugoslav navy, put out of service in 1962 and dismantled. Armed with 20 mm Oerlikon, 40 mm Bofors and two Torpedos.

Malinska

Laid down together with 13 other minetenders during WW1 in late 1918 for Austro-Hungarian navy by Ganz-Danubius in Porto Re (today Kraljevica). None of the boats were finished before the war ended. Three of the vessels were comissioned under Italian flag as Albona class in 1920 while the other five that were got commissioned under the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1931. During WW2 she got, with the rest of her sister ships captured by Italians and put under Axis service as Arbe. She was later handed to Germans in 1943 but was already damaged so they scuttled her while some of her sister ships served later under the navy of SFRY until 70s . She was later raised but got scrapped. Her armament consister of a single 66 mm L/30 cannon manudactured by Škoda and from 30 to 32 mines. Vessels of Malinska class were about 30,1 meters long and 6,7 meters wide. They were powered by two triple expansion steam engined powered by a single Yarrow boiler with each engine producing about 140 indicated horse powers. In theory this class was meant to achieve speed of about 11,6 knots. They were oprerated by the crew of 27 personnel.

PČ-8 Udarnik

German I-Boot built for Luftwaffe. She was captured by the British and given to Partizan fleet
together with PČ-7 late in the later stages of World War II as a compensation for destroying
NB-13 Partizan. She was also the first allied vessel to arrive in Trieste on May 5th 1945. Her
engines had 125 bare horsepowers and were able to propel the boat to reach the speed up
to 10 knots. Her armament consisted of two .50 cal Browning machine guns on double mount
in the front and one 15 mm ZB-60 heavy machine gun at the back of a boat.

Nada

British, Flower-class corvette transferred to Yugoslav Navy-in-exile in 1944 first named Nada. Her crew was not aligned with Tito’s partisans so they needed to detach from convoy. After the war she was renamed to Partizanka but was returned back to British Royal Navy in 1949 and renamed back to HMS Mallow. She was transferred to Egyptian Navy in the same year and renamed El Sudan where she served until 1975.

NB Partizanka

Luxury yacht used by NOVJ as headquarters and for transportation. Named Lala IV before she got captured and armed in 1943. Her lenght was 21,38 meters, width 4,5 meters. She could achieve speed of 10 knots while being powered by two 95 hp engines. Armed by three 20 mm cannons and two 15 cm rocket launchers. Her weapons were removed after the war but she served under the name Biserka until her decomission in 1969 as training and auxilary vessel.

PBR-92 Cer

Rearmed T5 torpedo boat. She had her torpedo tubes removed and rearmed with two 40 mm Bofors and one 20 mm. Served until 1962.

Beli Orao

She was ordered by Yugoslavia to use it as a royal yacht for regent Prince Paul and as an escort ship during a war. Built by Cantieri Riuniti dell’ Adriatici in Trieste she was armed with two single 40 mm cannons and two machine guns. Sources vary betwen 40 mm Bofors or 40 mm Škoda L/67. She had installed power of 1900 hp with her propulsion consisting if two shafts and two diesel engines. With measuring around 60 meters in lenght and around 8 meters at its widest point, she could achieve the speed of 18 knots. During the April war she got captured by the Italians and renamed to Alba and then Zagabria. In 1943 she was returned to Yugoslavia as Beli Orao and then after the war renamed Biokovo and lastly Jadranka serving as a presidental yacht for Josip Broz Tito. Later she was used as a ]dispatch boat until 1978 when she got under private ownership.

PČ-131

Prototype version built in the 1950s. It probably had the same engine as the first series of C-80 but was slightly longer, narrower and faster. She was also unstable on waves. Her armament constisted of 2 single mounted M2 Brownings or 2 single 20 mm Oerlikon cannons. She got scrapped in Pula and suopposedly written off in 1983.

TP-201, MT-class

American torpedo boat PT 201 was laid down by Higgins Industries in New Orleans on June 30, 1942, launched on October 3, 1942, entered on January 20, 1943, transferred to Great Britain on October 17, 1944 under Lend-Lease, where it was designated as an MGB (Motor Gun Boat) 181, October 17, 1944 transferred to the Yugoslav Navy abroad, where October 17, 1944 entered as an artillery boat PT 201, was under British control and organizationally included in the British Navy, in March 1945 Great Britain transferred to the NOVJ’S Navy but in 1945 returned to Great Britain. Retutned to the USA in 1945 and then transfered to Yugoslavia on August 8, 1945, where the Yugoslavian Navy converted and introduced it as (Torpedni čamac). Excluded in 1962. Armed with one 40 mm Bofors, two 20 mm Oerlikons, two double M2 Brownings and another two 7,62 mm machine guns. All this was operated by a crew of 17.

TČ-172

TČ 172 was laid down by the Ivan Cetinić shipyard in Korcula, launched, entered into the Yugoslavian Navy, expelled in 1967, sold to Monvi Tours in Poreč and on 16 April 1999 commissioned as a tourist ship “Manon” At Pula. Armed with three 20 mm Hispanos and 4 torpedo tubes. She measured 24 meters in length and 6 meters in width while powered by 3 V12 Packard 5M-2500 egines. The maximum speed was 40 knots.

M-21 Zelengora

Built by Joh. C. Teklenborg in Geestemünde in Germany for Imperial German navy as a minesweeper M 97. Commissioned on April 21, 1918. She was acquired by Navy of Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes somewhere between 1921 and 1922 as a tugboat for 1400000 marks. Now under the name Orao she was like other ships of Galeb-class rearmed with two 9 cm Škoda cannons, 15 mm Zbrojovka machine guns and could carry from 24 to 30 naval mines and assigned as mine tenders. After invasion of Yugoslavia she got captured with her sister ships. On 25th October 1941 she was put into Italian service as submarine chasers and renamed to Vergada. In 1943 after Italian surrender she sailed to Malta and was in December 7 of the same year put back into service under Kingdom of Yugoslavia and also been renamed back to Orao. In August after the Second World War she was handed to postwar Yugoslavia and renamed to Pionir. Her name was changed again in 1955 to Zelengora and was in inventory until being decomissioned in 1862. Right after or during the war she was rearmed with two single QF 2-pounder, two twin Flak 38, two twin 12,7 mm Brownings and could carry either 22 SAG-1 or 34 SAG-2. Her top speed was 15 knots. Her powerplant consisted of two triple expansion steam engines producing 1840 indicated horsepowers. She was 56,47 meters long and 7,3 meters wide. Her crew consisted of 40 men before and 68 after the war.

PBR-520 Streljko

Part of the second series of Kraljevica-class called Č01/B. 12 boats of such series were built. The last 6 of them were named after boats used by Partizan forces during WW2. Streljko was laid down in 1955 and accepted into service in Kraljevica during 1956. She had measured 43,5 meters in length and 6,3 meters at its widest point. She was powered by two MAN W8 V30/38 diesel engines with each producing 1650 hp and powering 2 shafts. That enabled her to achueve the maximum speed of 19,2 knots. Her antisubmarine weaponary consisted of Mark 6 depth charge throwers, two Mousetraps or one hedgehog system. Before the renovation she had 3’‘/50 mark 22, four 20 mm Oerlikons and one 40 mm Bofors. During 70s they switched American 3’'/50 mark 22 cannon for two Soviet RBU 1200. PBR-520 was at first operated by the crew of 40. After renovation they increased the crew to 45. She was decomissioned and sold for scrap in 1988.

Sava (1952)

Rearmed river monitor of Temes-class after world war 2. She had two single 105 mm, three single 40 mm and six single 20 mm cannons. Served in the JRM from 1952 until 1962. She is today one of the 2 surviving river monitors of Austrio-Hungarian navy.

RE-53 Durmitor

Laid down as torpedo boat (torpediniera) Ariete by Gio. Ansaldo & C. at Genoa on July 15 1942, launched on March 6 1943 and entered service on August 5 of the same year. She was the only ship of Ariete class to serve under Italian flag before Italian capitulation. In September During the proclamation of the armistice of Cassibile she was still being tested at La Spezia and was ordered to sail to Portoferraio there they decided to sail for Palermo and later to Malta together with some other Italian vessels. The rest of her were taken under German control. On October 5 they sailed back to Italy. After the war she was given to Yugoslavia on April 30 1949 and introduced to Yugoslav navy on January 4 1950 under the name RE-53 Durmitor. She sailed under the Yugoslav flag until 1967 when she was dismantled and scrapped. She had a length of 83,5 and width of 8,62 meters. RE-53 Durmutor consisted two single 100/47 mm guns, ten 20 mm cannons, two triple 450 mm torpedo tubes and another 2 depth charge throwers. Vessel was powered by two boilers with two Parsons steam turbines driving two propellers, creating around 22000 hp. She had a top speed of around 31 knots. Her crew consisted of 158 sailors.

RE-51 Triglav

Layed down on 10th January 1942 in Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso and launched on 6th July 1943 she entered the Regia Marina named Indomito on 4th August of that year. After the Italian armistice of Cassibile she sailed to Portoferraio with some other boats. They later headed to Palermo and later to Malta later coming back to Italy. After the war she was given to Yugoslav navy as war reparations together with her sister ship Aliseo on 24th April 1949 and was renamed to RE-51 Triglav. She served under Yugoslav flag until 6th April 1965 and was being scrapped for metal in 1971. Triglav/Indomito was 82,5 meters long and 9,9 meters wide. Armament consisted of three single 100/47 mm cannons, four twin Breda 20/65 Mod. 1935, 4 torpedo tubes in double mounts and 4 depth charge throwers. She was propelled by two yarrow steam boilers with two steam turbines powering two propeller shafts. They were able to produce around 16000 hp gaining maximum speed of 26 knots. Ship was operated by 177 men crew.

PBR-581 Udarnik

She was built in F. C. Méditerranée, Graville and launched in 1954, commisioned in Yugoslavia in 1956 as PBR-51 and later renamed to PBR-581 Udarnik. 6th ship of French built sub-chaser class, Fougueux and the only one to be transferred to Yugoslavia. She measured 53 meters in length and around 7 meters in width. She was armed with two 40 mm Bofors and two 20 mm Oerlikon cannons. Her anti-submarine weapons were one Hedgehog Mark 15, four Thornycroft depth charge trowers and two depth charge racks. Udarnik was powered by 4 SEMT Pielstick PA engines which together produced 3240 hp and powered two shaftrs As such she could travel at the maximum speed of around 19 knots. Udarnik was used as a basis for Yugoslavia to built their own class Submarine-chaser in 1957 called Mornar. PBR-581 was decomissioned in 1984 and sunk in 1988.

PČ-172 Pohorje

Mirna-class anti submarine version with additional depth charges and two double lightning rocket launchers RB-128 »Svitac«. Later changed to tourist ship in Montenegro.

Bluewater Fleet

Pula, W-class

Pula was destroyer built by United Kingdom in 1943 and commissioned in 1944. The ship measured 110,57 m in length, 10,90 in width and had a draft of 3,0 m. Her displacement was 1730 tonnes. She was armed with four 120 mm guns on single mounts, four 40 mm guns on a quad mount, four AA mountings with twin 20 mm guns, single 40 mm gun and a single 2 pdr Mk.XVI, four twin mounted 533 mm torpedo tubes and 4 throwers for depth charges. The ship also had 2 racks and carried 70 depth charges. Her complement was 225 personnel. She was originally named HMS Wager and served in WWII. She was sold to Yugoslavia in 1956 and scrapped in 1971 like her sister ship HMS Kempenfelt which was renamed to Kotor.

Kumbor

Kumbor was an ironclad warship built in 1887 by Pola Navy Yard for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She was commissioned in 1889. Her length was 97,6 m, width was 19,27 m and she had 7,39 m of draft. She displaced 6939 tonnes. Her armament was three 30,5 cm mounted in open barbettes, six 12cm guns, seven 47 mm QF guns, two 37 mm QF guns and two 7 cm guns. She also had four 40cm torpedo tubes mounted on the bow, on the stern and on both broadsides. The ships original name was Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf. She was transferred to the Navy of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1921.

Submarines

Hrabri (1934), Hrabri-class

Submarine Hrabri was refitted with a water cooled machine gun and retained the other two AA machine g uns . P reviously used Exide battery cells were replaced with Tudor SHI-37 cells . The c onning tower had its corners rounded, was reduced in size and a part of it became enclosed . The main cannons were moved from the tower to the deck. The refit was completed in 1934.

P-901 Mališan, CB-class

P-901 Mališan was a diesel-electric midget submarine built in 1944 for Regia Marina by Caproni. She was originally named CB-20 and belonged to the CB-class of submarines. Her displacement was 35,4 t when surfaced and 45 t submerged, with a length of 15 m, width of 3 m and draft of 2,05-3 m. Her crew was comprised of 2-4 men and was armed with two 450 mm torpedo tubes. When the Kingdom of Italy surrendered in 1943, CB-20 was not yet finished and was captured and finished by German Forces in 1944. She was later given to the Italian Social Republic and relocated to Pula, where she was captured by the Partisans in 1945. After the capture, she was named P-091 Mališan, overhauled and commissioned in 1948. The submarine was decommissioned sometime between the early 1950s and 1957, in 1959, she was donated to the Technical Museum in Zagreb. It is the only preserved vessel of its class.

P-802 Sava, Flutto-class

P-802 Sava was a diesel-electric submarine built by Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico(CRDA) in Monfalcone for Regia Marina. Her original name was Nautilo and belonged to the Flutto-class of submarines. She measured 63,15 m in length, 6,98 m in width and had a 4,87 m draft. Her displacement was 905 t when surfaced and 1068 t when submerged. The armaments were six 530 mm torpedo tubes, single 100 mm /47 caliber deck gun and two 12,7 mm M2 Brownings. Her crew consisted of 48-53 men. The boat was scuttled by her crew in 1943 after the signing of the Italian armistice in Venice harbour. German forces repaired and refloated her and commissioned her in the Kriegsmarine under the name UIT-19. She was sunk again in 1944 in Pula during an air raid by the RAF. When the war ended the boat was raised and repaired once again at the Uljanik Shipyard. She was commissioned in 1949 as P-802 Sava and served as a training vessel until 1971, when she was stricken. She was later converted a night club in Dubrovnik.

Squadron vehicle

DBM-241 Krk

Developed Brodarski institut in Zagreb and built by Brodogradilište specijalnih objekata in Split DBM-241 Krk was the first ship of Silba-class landing crafts and minelayers as a replacement for obsolete landing boats built in the 1950s. She was comminisoned into the JRM between 1987 and 1990. Her two sister ships never saw service under Yugoslavia and were built and finished for the Croatian navy right after the secession of Croatia under the names DBM-81 Cetina and DBM-82 Krka in 1992 and 1995. She was armed with two AK230 in the front and with quadruple 20 mm M-75 cannons with one MTU-4 rockets and two Svitac 128 mm flare rocket launcher. She was also able to carry up to 94 SAG-1 or SAG-2 naval mines or 300 troops or 6 medium tanks. She is around 49,5 meters long and 10,2 meters wide. Her two propeller shafts are powered by two Burmaister & Wain Alpha diesel engines with 1530 Horse powers each. That enabled her to reach maximum speed of 12,5 knots. Ship was relocated during the war and was recorded to be active until about 2005 in Montenegro. DBM-241 is already decommissioned in the Bay of Kotor. Her regular crew consisted of up to 39 personel.