G-5-class motor torpedo boat

	A G-5-class motor torpedo boat passing in front of the Soviet cruiser Kirov in 1940
Class overview
Operators	Soviet Navy; Spanish Navy; Spanish Navy; Finnish Navy; Korean People's Navy;
Preceded by	Stalnoy class
Succeeded by	D3 class
Subclasses	Series 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Built	1933–1941
In commission	1934–late 1950s
Completed	about 300
Lost	73
Preserved	1
General characteristics (Series 10)
Type	Motor torpedo boat
Displacement	16.26 tonnes (16.00 long tons; 17.92 short tons) (standard)
Length	18.85–19.1 m (61 ft 10 in – 62 ft 8 in) overall
Beam	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Draught	0.82 m (2 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 × Mikulin GAM-34BS petrol engines; 850 bhp (630 kW) each;
Speed	53 knots (61 mph; 98 km/h)
Complement	6-7
Armament	1-2 12.7 mm (0.50 in) DShK machine gun(s); 2 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes;
Notes	1,600 kg (3,500 lb) of fuel

The G-5 was a Soviet motor torpedo boat design built before and during World War II. Approximately 300 were built, of which 73 were lost during the war. Four were exported to the Spanish Republican Navy during the Spanish Civil War and others were transferred to North Korea after the war. Three were captured by the Finns, but only two were used before all three had to be returned to the Soviets after the Moscow Armistice in 1944.

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