P 6-class torpedo boat

P 6-class torpedo boat

Egyptian Navy P 6 torpedo boat, circa 1967
Class overview
Name	Project 183 "Bolshevik"
Builders	Shipyard No.5, Leningrad Shipyard No.602, Vladivostok Shipyard No.640, Sosnovka Guangzhou Shipyard, Guangzhou Wuhu Shipyard, Wuhu
Operators	Soviet Navy  Algerian National Navy  People's Liberation Army Navy  Cuban Revolutionary Navy  Egyptian Navy  Ethiopian Navy  Navy of Equatorial Guinea  Volksmarine  Guinea Army  Guinea-Bissau Army  Indonesian Navy  Iraqi Navy  Kazakh Naval Forces  Korean People's Navy  Polish Navy  Somali Navy  Syrian Arab Navy  Tanzania Naval Command  Vietnam People's Navy  Yemeni Navy[1]
Preceded by	P 4 class
Succeeded by	Shershen class Type 025 (China) Project 664 (Poland)
Subclasses	P 8 P 10 Type 02 Komar class Shantou class
Built	1949-1960 (Soviet Union)
Completed	~421 (Soviet Union)[1]
General characteristics
Type	Motor Torpedo Boat
Displacement	67.1 long tons (68.2 t)
Length	25.5 m (83 ft 8 in)
Beam	6.18 m (20 ft 3 in)
Draft	1.24 m (4 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	4 × Soviet M-50T diesel engines, 4,800 hp (3,579 kW), 4 shafts
Speed	43 knots (80 km/h; 49 mph)
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi)
Complement	14
Sensors and processing systems	1 × Soviet I band Zarnitsa (Skin Head) navigational radar
Armament	2 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedoes 2 × twin 25 mm 2M-3 autocannons 8 x BB-1 depth charges[1]

The P 6-class torpedo boat, Soviet designation Project 183 Bolshevik, were Soviet wood-hulled motor torpedo boats produced shortly after World War II. They were armed with two twin 25 mm autocannons and two 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedoes.^[2][3]