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T17 minelaying boats (1916/1918)

T17 1918

Names

T17 (ex-M.6 (Теплоход №6 [Teplokhod No6])), 1936- Miina

T22 (ex-M.7 (Теплоход №7 [Teplokhod No7])), 1936- M7 Pommi

Builders

Vega Bureau, Borgo, Russia: T17, 22

Completed

10/1916 // 4.1918: T17, 22

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1945: T17, 22

 

 

Displacement normal, t

46

Displacement full, t

80

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, 45 mines

Complement 8

Project history: Former Russian small minelayers. Both in 1918 were captured by Finns: No6 21.4.1918 at Helsingfors; No7 9.4.1918 at Abo.

Modernizations: 1930s, some boats: - 1 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 1 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen

Naval service: No significant events.

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