NB-9 Biokovac

NB-9 Biokovac ( Naoružani brod-9 - Armed ship-9 " Biokovac " ) - a patrol ship of the partisan naval forces of Yugoslavia. It was originally built as a fishing vessel in Italy, in September 1943 it was captured by partisans.

NB-9 Biokovac
NB-9 Biokovac
Service
Yugoslavia
Title	NB-9 Biokovac
original name	NB-9 Biokovac
Class and type of vessel	patrol ship
Organization	Navy NOUA
Manufacturer	shipyards of Italy
Commissioned	no later than September 1943
Withdrawn from the fleet	February 20, 1944
Status	the night of February 19 to February 20, 1944 was mistakenly sunk by British destroyers
Main characteristics
Displacement	15 t
Length	16 m
Width	3,5 m
Draft	2 m
Engines	two diesel Ansaldo
Power	90 h.p.
Speed	10 knots
Crew	9 people
Armament
Artillery	40 mm main caliber gun
Flak	3 x 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, 3 x 8 mm machine guns later 13 mm machine gun, 4 x 8 mm machine guns

October 1, 1943 entered into the first battle and attempted to capture the transport ship "Slave" of the Navy NHX , but the ship left the shelling. On the night of November 3–4, 1943, NB-9 participated in battles against the ships Mary ( Horv. Marija ) and Napred ( Horv. Naprijed ): it was damaged, the captain was wounded, but the ships were also shelled, and seven enemy sailors were injured.

On the night of December 8–9, 1943 , the Biokovac crew, with the support of the PČ-54 boat, captured the Ustash vessel “Yadro” ( Croat. Jadro ): 6 crew members, 30 ustashi and 2 Germans were captured. As a trophy went to 31 rifles, 8 submachine guns and 90 tons of food. It is believed that the commander of the "Yadra" was in conspiracy with the reconnaissance of the partisans and himself gave a signal about his whereabouts to the partisan fleet.

On the night of February 20, 1944, the NB-9 was mistakenly shot at by a British destroyer and sank. Fortunately, the crew was saved.