Viesturs 1940
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Viesturs | A C de la Loire, Nantes, France | early 1926 | 27.5.1926 | autumn 1926 | to USSR 13.8.1940 (Виестурс [Viesturs]) | ||
Imanta | A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France | spring 1926 | 11.8.1926 | late 1926 | to USSR 13.8.1940 (Иманта [Imanta]) |
Displacement standard, t |
265 |
Displacement full, t |
310 |
Length, m |
46.0 pp 48.9 oa |
Breadth, m |
6.50 |
Draught, m |
1.50 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Normand boilers |
Power, h. p. |
750 |
Max speed, kts |
14 |
Fuel, t |
coal 28 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 1100(11) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/35 M1925?, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear |
Complement |
39 |
Project history: Purpose-built minesweepers-minelayers. Design was developed on the basis of tug.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Both minesweepers were incorporated to Red Navy in August 1940.
Imanta 1927
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