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S-Boats in the People's Navy (Volksmarine) 1956 - 1990
Small Missile-Ship (Kleines Raketenschiff) "BALCOM 10" - Projekt 151
Since 2014 new Classification: "Orkan"-Class
Drawing from Mehl/Schäfer: Die andere deutsche Marine
Technical Data
| Shipyard | VEB Peenewerft, Wolgast | |||||
| Units built | 6 | |||||
| From/to | 1989 bis 1990 | |||||
| In Commission | Anf. 1990 bis 2.10.1990 | |||||
| Displacement | 347 t | |||||
| Length | 48,9 m | |||||
| Beam | 8,6 m | |||||
| Draught | 2,2 m | |||||
| Propulsion | 3 x 52 Zyl. Star-Streight enginesM-520 each 5.400 HP | |||||
| Shafts/Propellers | 3 x 3 | |||||
| Speed | 36 kts | |||||
| Complement | 33 | |||||
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KRS of the Type "Balcom 10" (Picture: Archives Dieter Flohr)
KRS "Balcom 10" (Picture: Archives Hans Mehl)
KRS "Sassnitz" without Startcontainers (Picture: Dornbusch)
Specials:
Originally common German-Soviet project. 1990 SU discontinued participation. Two units were delivered to the VM without startcontainers and classified as patrolboats. "Sassnitz" und "Seebad Binz" were retrofitted at Peenewert with MTU engines and other equipment after reunification and commissioned as BG 22 - "Neustrelitz" and BG 23 - "Bad Düben" and got the classification "Sassnitz"-class. A third boat, "Sellin", was broken up. Three boats were delivered to Poland and are sailing for the Navy as Orkan-Class.
Four hulls in different stages of construction were towed to the so-called "coal-pier" at Peene-Werft in Wolgast, where they were layed up. After many attempts to sell the boats they were laying there for years rotting. One boat was equipped with a star-engine of Soviet build, one boat was partly equipped with machinery. The two other boats were holks. Finally they were scraped in 2010.
Three boats of type Balcom 10 (Projekt 151, Sassnitz) were built by Peene-Werft, Wolgast, after the German reunification for Poland. The boats were delivered only partly equipped and retrofitted according to western standards. The got the type-designation Orkan-Class.
In stead of the main weapon forseen for Balcom 10, two missile-containers FG 1520 of soviet build for four missiles of type SS-N-25 Switschblade, the boats of Orkan-class were equipped with four starters for the Swedish surface-to-surface missiles RBS-15.
The Orkan-boats are in service of the Polish Navy until today.
Hulls Projekt 151, BALCOM 10, at Peene-Werft, Wolgast (Picture: Hendrik Meyer)
Article about "Bad Düben" and "Neustrelitz" in Kieler Nachrichten of 17.09.2015
In the meantime both boats are decommissioned and are laying up at Neustadt/Holstein. The were sold by VEBEG for scrapping at Frederikshavn/Denmark in February 2018.
| Boat-No. | Name | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Hull-Nummer | Whereabout |
| 151/0 | Sassnitz | 31.07.90 | - | 591/
BG 22/BP 22 |
BG 22 "Neustrelitz", decommissioned 28.06. 2017, scrapped in 2018 |
| 151/1 | Ostseebad Sellin | - | - | 592 | scrapped |
| 151/2 | Ostseebad Binz | - | - | BG 22/BP 22 | BG 23 "Bad Düben", decommissioned 28.06. 2017, scapped 2018 |
| 151/3 | - | - | - | - | laid up at Wolgast |
| 151/4 | - | - | - | - | laid up at Wolgast |
| P 1 | ORP "Orkan" | 421 | 1992 Polish Fleet | ||
| P 2 | ORP "Piorun" | 422 | 1994 Polish Fleet | ||
| P 3 | ORP "Grom" | 433 | 1995 Polish Fleet | ||
| 151/5 | - | - | - | - | laid up at Wolgst |
| 151/6 | - | - | - | - | laid up at Wolgast |
| 151/6 | - | - | - | - | sections scrapped |
| 151/8 | - | - | - | - | sectiona scrapped |
| 151/9 | - | - | - | - | material prepared |
| 151/10 | - | - | - | - | not commenced |
| 151/11 | - | - | - | - | not commenced |
Article about "Bad Düben" and "Neustrelitz" in Kieler Nachrichten dated 17.09.2015
In the meantime both boats were decommissioned and laid up at Neustadt/Holstein. There were sold by VEBEG in February 2018 to be broken up at Frederikshavn/Denmark.
BP 22 "Neustrelitz" - Picture: Archives Bundespolilzei See
BP 23 "Bad Düben" - Picture: Archives Bundespolizei See
ORP "Orkan (421) in 2012 - Picture: Wikipedia