Rubin 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| ÏÑÊ-301 Æåì÷óã [PSK-301 Zhemchug] | 27 | 190 Yd, Leningrad | 6.1934 | 11.1935 | 12.1937 | to Navy 6.1941, sunk 11.8.1943 | |
| ÏÑÊ-302 Ðóáèí [PSK-302 Rubin], 3.1955- Êóøóì [Kushum] | 28 | 190 Yd, Leningrad | 11.1934 | 18.8.1935 | 12.1936 | to Navy 6.1941, Border Guard 1946, to Navy as dispatch vessel 3.1955, stricken 6.1960 | |
| ÏÑÊ-303 Áðèëëèàíò [PSK-303 Brilliant] | 29 | 190 Yd, Leningrad | 10.1934 | 5.11.1935 | 6.1937 | to Navy 6.1941, sunk 23.9.1944 | |
| ÏÑÊ-304 Ñàïôèð [PSK-304 Sapfir], 3.1955- Âèçèì [Vizim] | 30 | 190 Yd, Leningrad | 12.1934 | 20.12.1935 | 12.1937 | to Navy 6.1941, Border Guard 1946, to Navy as dispatch vessel 3.1955, stricken 2.1959 |
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Displacement standard, t |
424 |
|
Displacement full, t |
580 |
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Length, m |
62.0 |
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Breadth, m |
7.20 |
|
Draught, m |
3.00 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
2200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
17.2 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 75 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(13) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/60, 2 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79, 2 DCT (20), 31 mines |
|
Complement |
61 |
Project history: Guard ships on the basis of Fugas
class minesweeper.
Modernizations: 1942, all: + 1 x 1 - 37/63 70K.
1943 - 1944, all survived: - 2 x 1 - 45/43; + 2 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 4 x 1 - 12.7/79
late 1940s, all survived: + radar
Naval service: Zhemchug 11.8.1941 was torpedoed by German submarine U451 at Cape Kanin Nos. Brilliant 12.5.1942 was sunk by German aircraft at Iokanga; raised 25.9.1942, repaired and in June, 1944 commissioned again; 23.9.1944 she was sunk by German submarine U957 in Kara Sea.
Rubin and Sapfir after war were returned to Border Guard, but in March, 1955 transferred to the Navy and 31.5.1955 renamed Kushum and Vizim respectively. They were stricken in 1959-1960.
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