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PREZIDENTAS SMETONA patrol ship (1917/1927)

Prezidentas Smetona 1927

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Prezidentas Smetona (ex-M59), 6.1940- Prezidento, 8.1940- Primunas     Seebeck, Geestemünde, Germany 1916 31.10.1917 11.1917 // 7.1927 to USSR 6.8.1940 (Задорный [Zadornyy])

 

Displacement standard, t

506

Displacement full, t

535

Length, m

57.8 wl 59.3 oa

Breadth, m

7.30

Draught, m

2.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Marine boilers

Power, h. p.

1750

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

coal 130

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(14)

Armament

2 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts L/45 C/16, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

70

Project history: German minesweeper M59 of 1916 type was purchased by Lithuania in July 1927.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Primunas was incorporated to Red Navy in August 1940.

Prezidentas Smetona 1936

 

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