Minor Vessels - Austro-Hungarian "Csuka"

Minor Crafts

Austro-Hungarian "Csuka" Type

- River Patrol Boat -

Laid down as patrol craft "K" and launched in 1915; given to Hungaria in 1920 and recommissioned as Siófok in 1921; disarmed and sold to Austria in 1929, recommissioned as Birago; 1933 refitted and modernized (

20 kB); 1938 placed into the German Danube Flotilla; scrapping started in 1939.
Sister ship(s)/class member: Fogas

Line Drawing of "Csuka" by H.Franke

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	Technical Data
	Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Displacement: Dimensions: Propulsion: Max. Speed: Crew:	15. August 1914 at I.D.D.S.G., Budapest 26. August 1915 1. March 1916 63.5 / 80.0 ts 36.00 (pp) x 4.60 x 0.80 900 ihp; 2 Yarrow boilers (18 atü); 2 VTE; 2 shafts 24.9 km/h 1 + 26
	Tactical Data:
	Main: Minor: Armour: Searchlights:	1x70 cal 26 1x8 machine gun 5.5 mm ?

Quellen/Sources: MGH, E. Sieche

Updated: 07/17/04