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ESTONIAN NAVY (ESTONIA)

TORPEDO SHIPS

SULEV torpedo boat (1916/1924)

A32 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sulev (ex-A32)     Schichau, Elbing, Germany early 1916 15.7.1916 10.1916 // 1924 to USSR 13.8.1940 (Àìåòèñò [Ametist])

 

Displacement normal, t

227

Displacement full, t

286

Length, m

49.0 wl 50.0 oa

Breadth, m

5.32

Draught, m

2.34 normal 2.90 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set Schichau geared steam turbine, 1 Marine doubled boiler

Power, h. p.

3250

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

oil 53

Endurance, nm(kts) 600(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 2 - 450 TT, 10 mines

Complement

35

Project history: Former German torpedo boat A32. 7.11.1917 she ran aground during a storm off island Saaremaa in Gulf of Riga. In October, 1923 she was raised by Estonian wreckers and in August, 1924 commissioned by Estonian Navy as Sulev.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: With occurrence of Estonia in the USSR, 6.8.1940 Sulev was commissioned by Baltic Fleet, but 17.10.1940 rearmed and transferred to Board Guard as Ametist.

Sulev 1930

 

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