RADE KONCAR (RT 401)

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RADE KONCAR (RT 401)

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:31 pm

Built as a fast attack craft by Titovom Brodogradlistu Shipyard at Kraljevica for the Yugoslavian Navy.
RADE KONCAR was the lead ship of Type 211 built for the Yugoslavian Navy, altogether 6 units were built.
15 October 1976 launched as RADE KONCAR (RT401).
Displacement 200 tons standard, 242 ton full load, dim. 45.0 x 8.4 x 2.5m. (draught)
Powered CODAG by two Rolls-Royce Proteus gas turbines, 11,600 shp, and two MTU 20V 538 TB92 diesels, 7,240 ihp. Four shafts, speed 40 knots, range by a speed of 20 knots, 1,140 mile.
Armament 2 – 57mm SAK 57 Mk. 2 twin container launchers for four SS-N-2B Styx anti-ship missiles.
Crew 30.
Commissioned April 1977.

The Končar class is a class of fast attack craft that was built for the SFR Yugoslav Navy in the late 1970s. Following the break-up of Yugoslavia one craft went to the Croatian Navy whilst the remaining five went to the Montenegro Navy. As of 2009 three vessels remain in service.
As planned by the Yugoslav navy, the entire class of six ships was due to undergo extensive overhauls and modernization during the early 1990s. The ships' anti-ship armament was to be replaced by the Swedish state-of-the-art RBS-15 system after the removal of the old Soviet P-15 Termit missiles. The stern Bofors 57 mm gun was also due to be removed and replaced by a CIWS AK-630M unit. However, only one ship managed to undergo these changes. It was the RTOP-402 which, as the war in Yugoslavia broke out, was being worked on in a Croatian shipyard and thus remained in Croatian service. All other RBS-15 missiles (out of roughly 100 delivered by the time) were captured by the Croatian forces. This ship entered Croatian Navy service as RTOP-21 ŠIBENIK in late 1991 and saw additional light upgrading and overhauls over the years.
The class is named after the first vessel which in turn was named after Rade Končar.
• Končar class Yugoslavia
o RTOP-401 RADE KONCAR– Withdrawn from operational use by the MCG in 2006. Currently awaiting sale at Bar, Montenegro.
o RTOP-402 VLADO CETKOVIC– Captured by the Croatian Navy during events of 1991. Introduced into operational use as RTOP-21 ŠIBENIK. Located at Lora Naval Base in Split.
o RTOP-403 RAMIZ SADIKU– Heavy maintenance stopped mid-1990s. Withdrawn from operational use by the RMVJ in 2007. Partially cut, currently awaiting sale at Tivat Arsenal.
o RTOP-404 HASAN ZAHIROVIC-LACA– Withdrawn from operational use by the MCG in 2006. Currently awaiting sale at Bar, Montenegro.
o RTOP-405 JORDAN NIKOLOV_ORCE Withdrawn from operational use by the MCG. Currently awaiting sale at Bar, Montenegro.
o RTOP-406 ANTE BANINA–Withdrawn from operational use by the MCG. Currently awaiting sale at Bar, Montenegro.
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April 2015 stricken and sold to Kenya. (source Wikipedia)

Yugoslavia 1982 15d sg2036, scott1583 ( The photo showes the SIBENIK one of the class.)
Source: Wikipedia and Small Craft Navies by Christopher Chant
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