R-2 Mala-class swimmer delivery vehicle
2-man wet sub swimmer delivery vehicle class of the Yugoslavian, and later, Croatian, Navies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The R-2 Mala is a class of swimmer delivery vehicles (SDVs) built for the Yugoslav, and later on, Croatian Navy. The two man wet SDVs are used for transporting naval commandos into hostile waters where they would perform sabotage on enemy warships and coastal installations. Weapons at their disposal included limpet mines.
A Croatian R-2M Mala photographed in 2010. | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Brodogradilište specijalnih objekata (BSO), Split, Croatia |
Operators | SFR Yugoslav Navy |
Preceded by | R-1-class |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | Empty: 1,400 kg (3,100 lb) |
Length | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | Maximum: 4.4 knots (8.1 km/h; 5.1 mph) |
Test depth | Working depth: 15–60 m (49 ft 3 in – 196 ft 10 in)
Maximum depth: 100 m (328 ft 1 in) |
Complement | 2 |
Armament | 2 × 50 kg (110 lb) limpet mines |
With the start of the Croatian War of Independence SDVs in service with the Yugoslav Navy were relocated to FR Yugoslavia. Two new vehicles were completed for the Croatian Navy during the 1990s while a small number these vehicles were also exported to Syria and Sweden before the war.