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S-Boats in the People's Navy (Volksmarine) 1956 - 1990
Small Missile-Ship (Kleines Raketenschiff) "Balcom 10" - Projekt 151
Drawing from Mehl/Schäfer: Die andere deutsche Marine
Technical Data
| Shipyard | VEB Peenewerft, Wolgast | |||||
| Units built | 3 | |||||
| From/to | 1989 bis 1990 | |||||
| In Commission | Anf. 1990 bis 2.10.1990 | |||||
| Displacement | 347 t | |||||
| Length | 48,9 m | |||||
| Beam | 8,6 m | |||||
| Draught | 2,2 m | |||||
| Propulsion | 3 x 52 Zyl. Star-Streight enginesM-520 each 5.400 HP | |||||
| Shafts/Propellers | 3 x 3 | |||||
| Speed | 36 kts | |||||
| Complement | 33 | |||||
| Armament |
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KRS of the Type "Balcom 10" (Picture: Archives Dieter Flohr)
KRS "Balcom 10" (Picture: Archives Hans Mehl)
KRS "Sassnitz" without Startcontainers (Picture: Dornbusch)
Specials:
Originally common German-Soviet project gemeinsames deutsch-sowjetisches Projekt. 1990 SU discontinued participation. Two units were delivered to the VM without startcontainers and classified as patrolboats. "Sassnitz" und "Seebad Binz" were retrofitted at Peenewert with MTU engines and other equipment after reunification and commissioned as BG 22 - "Neustrelitz" and BG 23 - "Bad Düben". A third boat, "Sellin", was broken up.
Four hulls in different stages of construction are still laid up today at Peene-Werft in Wolgast. Afte many attempts to sell the boats they still are laying there and are rotting. One boat is equipped with equipped with a star-engine of Soviet build, one boat is partly equipped with mashinery. The two other boats are holks.
Hulls Projekt 151, BALCOM 10, at Peene-Werft, Wolgast (Picture: Hendrik Meyer)
Whereabouts of the Boats of Projekt 151
| Boat-No. | Name | Comm. | Decomm. |
Last Hull-Number |
Whereabouts |
| 151/0 | Sassnitz | 31.07.90 | - | 591 | BG 22 "Neustrelitz" |
| 151/1 | Ostseebad Sellin | - | - | - | broken up |
| 151/2 | Ostseebad Binz | - | - | - | BG 23 "Bad Düben" |