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;
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)
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;

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.

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