Nb-3 jadran

NB-3 Jadran ( Naoružani brod-3 - Armed ship-3 " Jadran " ) - patrol ship of the partisan naval forces of Yugoslavia. One of the largest and most powerful ships in the partisan naval forces of Yugoslavia: despite a modest displacement of 64 tons, it had a mass of 142 tons, was larger than many ships of the partisan fleet and was armed with 40-mm ship guns, 12.7-mm machine guns and even 150mm rocket launcher.

Nb-3 jadran
Nb-3 jadran
Service
Yugoslavia
Title	Nb-3 jadran
original name	Nb-3 jadran
Ship class and type	patrol ship
Organization	Navy noah
Commissioned	no later than December 1943
Removed from the fleet	May 1945
Status	was used later as a fishing vessel
Main characteristics
Displacement	64 t
Length	19.7 m
Width	4.7 m
Draft	2.4 m
Booking	not
Engines	diesel deutz
Power	100 hp
Travel speed	7 knots
Crew	22 people
Armament
Artillery	40 mm main caliber cannon
Flak	3 x 20mm anti-aircraft guns 4 stationary 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns Two twin 12.7-mm anti-aircraft machine guns 3 x 8-mm anti-aircraft machine guns
Missile weapons	150mm rocket launcher (based on Nebelwerfer )

It is known that the “Jadran” was previously used as a fishing vessel. In 1943, he was already in service with the partisans, the captain of the ship was Tihomir Vilovic ( serbohorv. Tihomir Vilović ). Distinguished himself on December 31, 1943 , when he accepted the battle with the Croatian ship " Pasman " and forced his crew to capitulate. 24 Germans and 4 Croats were taken prisoner, and on January 5 the Croatian ship was blown up. On June 3, 1944, the crew of the partisan ship, according to unconfirmed reports, shot down an airplane near the island of Brac (the crew of some other ship of NOAJ made no such attempts). October 14, 1944 the ship got involved in the battle off the coast of Croatia and was damaged by coastal artillery fire.

“Jadran” survived the war and, after it was over, continued to serve as a fishing vessel again.