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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY (RUSSIA)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

armed merchant cruisers of World War I

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Displacement, t

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Митава [Mitava] (ex-Бирма [Birma]) 12.1894 // 8.1914 Fairfield, Glasgow, UK 9900 126.5x13.9 13 3500 - returned 9.1914
Русь [Rus'] (ex-Россия [Rossiya]) 5.1908 // 8.1914 Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK 15000 144.8x17.6 16 6300 - returned 9.1914
Орёл [Oryol] 1909 // 9.1914 Schichau, Elbing, Germany 3554BRT 102.6x13.8 10 4200 2-120/43, 2-75/48, 4-47 to Whites 1.1920, abandoned 8.1920
Василий Великий [Vasiliy Velikiy] 1897 // 10.1915 Hull SB, UK 1414BRT 80.6x10.2 16 3600 1-75/48, 2-47 wrecked 4.1916
Колгуев [Kolguyev] 6.1915 // 10.1915 Swan Hunter, Newcastle, UK 2020 75.5x10.7 11 1200 4-75/48 captured by British 3.1918, commissioned again 4.1920, stricken 5.1920

Project history: Merchant vessels mobilized for service as AMC in the time of WWI.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Kolguyev served as minelayer in 1941-1945 under name Yushar.

Oryol

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