Končar-class missile boat
Class of missile boats built for Yugoslav navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Končar class is a class of six missile boats built for the Yugoslav Navy during the late 1970s at Tito's Shipyard Kraljevica, SR Croatia. The boats featured a mixture of Western and Eastern European equipment, including Soviet anti-ship missiles and Swedish guns.
Šibenik (RTOP-21) of the Croatian Navy. Note that unlike other Končar-class ships, Šibenik is armed with two RBS-15. | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Tito's Shipyard Kraljevica, Kraljevica, SR Croatia |
Operators | |
Succeeded by | Kralj class |
In commission | 1977–present |
Completed | 6 |
Active | 3 |
Laid up | 3 |
General characteristics (as completed) | |
Type | Missile boat |
Displacement | Full: 271 t (267 long tons) |
Length | 44.9 m (147 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) |
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Endurance | 5 to 7 days |
Complement | 30 |
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During the Croatian War of Independence one ship, Vlado Ćetković, was captured by Croatian forces while being overhauled. It was eventually commissioned with the Croatian Navy as Šibenik and is still in use. The remaining five ships were relocated to Montenegro, entering service with the new FR Yugoslav Navy, with three of them being decommissioned in the early 2000s. The last two ships of the class are planned to be modified as patrol boats for service with the Montenegrin Navy.