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ESTONIAN NAVY (ESTONIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

OLEV minesweeping boats (1916-1917/1919)

Olev 1919

Names

Olev (ex-M.8 (Теплоход №8 [Teplokhod No8])), 1936- Vaindlo

Lehtma (ex-M.10 (Теплоход №10 [Teplokhod No10))

Builders

Vega Bureau, Borgo, Russia: Olev, Lehtma

Completed

10/1916 // 1.1919: Olev

5/1917 // 1.1919: Lehtma

Losses

Vaindlo (13.8.1940 Soviet Вайндло [Vayndlo])

Transfers

none

Discarding

1927: Lehtma

 

 

Displacement normal, t

46

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

23.2

Breadth, m

5.00

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Bolinder semi-diesels

Power, h. p.

60

Max speed, kts

7.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil 2.2

Endurance, nm(kts) 690(5)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.6/94, 40 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement 8

Project history: Russian minelaying boats abandoned by Russians in February 1918, captured by Germans and transferred them to Estonians as minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Vaindlo was incorporated into Baltic Fleet 13.8.1940.

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