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SOVIET NAVY (USSR)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

dispatch vessels of Civil war 1918 - 1922

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Зарница [Zarnitsa] (ex-Форос [Foros]) 1891 // 5.1915 UK 1219 79.2x11.4x4.8 16 2400 3 - 47 wrecked 23.9.1924
Кречет [Krechet] (ex-У [U], ex-Polaris) 1889 // 5.1915 UK 2844 85.8x11.6x3.7 13.5 3600   to mercantile service 12.1926
Полярная Звезда [Polyarnaya Zvezda] 1891 // 1917 St. Petersburg 3949 106.5x13.8x5.2 17 6000 4 - 47 depot ship 8.1936
Штандарт [Shtandart], 8.1934- Марти [Marti], 1948- Ока [Oka] 1896 // 1915 Copenhagen, Denmark 5557 112.8x15.4x6.6 20 12000 8 - 47 minelayer 11.1936 (see minelayers)
Геок-Тепе [Geok-Tepe], 12.1922- Труд [Trud] 1883 // 2.1911 Votkinsk 1100 72.7x17.0x2.5 14 1100 2 - 63/33, 2 - 47/40, 2 - 37/20 captured by Whites 31.7.1918, commissioned again by Reds 4.1920, minelayer 7.1923, survey vessel 7.1925
Горислава [Gorislava] (ex-Josephine) 1899 // 12.1916 USA 1650 75.6x9.0x4.8 15 3000 2 - 102/60 captured by Britain 8.1918, re-commissioned by Reds as AMC 3.1920, dispatch vessel 3.1921, stricken 6.1924
Колгуев [Kolguev], 1920- Юшар [Yushar] 1915 // 7.1916 UK 2000 73.2x10.7x3.8 11 1200 4 - 75/48 captured by Whites 8.1918, re-commissioned by Reds 4.1920, to mercantile service 5.1920, minelayer 7.1941, to mercantile service 10.1945
Ярославна [Yaroslavna] (ex-Lizystrada), 2.1924- Воровский [Vorovskiy] 1901 // 12.1916 UK 3315 96.6x12.2x5.5 18 6000 2 - 120/43, 100 mines captured by Whites 8.1918, re-commissioned by Reds as AMC 4.1920, dispatch vessel 3.1921, board guard ship 11.1922, dispatch vessel 11.1923, guard ship 1.1924, board guard ship 4.1931, stricken early 1950s
Эриклик [Eriklik], 12.1922- Красный Моряк [Krasnyy Moryak] 1866 // 5.1921 UK 1162 66.1x8.0x2.4 14 1000   hulk 10.1926
Курск [Kursk] (ex-Император Николай II [Imperator Nikolay II]) 1896 // 5.1920 Sormovo 1473 76.2x10.4x3.0 12 1200   to mercantile service 6.1922
Орёл [Oryol] 1891 // 5.1920 Votkinsk 1111 77.7x9.4x3.0 12 950   depot ship 6.1920

100 - 1000 BRT

Александрия [Alexandriya] (1896, 544, 4 - 87/27, 1914 - 23.9.1924); Артиллерист [Artillerist], autumn 1922- Снег [Sneg] (1914, 238, 1.1918 - 4.1922); Астарта [Astarta] (1899, 220, 5.1916 - 9.1921); Бойкий [Boykiy] (1916, 820, 6.1918 - 11.1920); Ижора [Izhora] (1913, 210, 6.1914 - 11.1945); Инженер [Inzhener], 7.1941- №92 [No92], 9.1941 - №62 [No62], 8.1944 - T-62 (1890, 240, 7.1921 - 3.1927, 11.1939 - 12.1939, 6.1941 - 11.1945); Копанец [Kopanets], 3.1925 - Мина [Mina], 1.1932 - ГМ-1 [GM-1], 1939 - MT-1 (1913, 180, 1915 - 1948); Минёр [Minyor], 10.1925 - Минёр №1 [Minyor No1], 1.1932 - ГМ-2 [GM-2] (1914, 150, 1915 - 1939); Минёр [Minyor] (1892, 320, 1915 - 1921); Молния [Molniya] (1910, 320, 1915 - 1921); Нева [Neva] (1906, 507, 1915 - 1924); Невка [Nevka], 4.1925 - Якобинец [Yakobinets], 1.1932 - Л-1 [L-1], 4.1937 - ЛК-1 [LK-1] (1905, 140, 1915 - 1960); Стрела [Strela] (1891, 290, 1915 - 4.1927); Тосмар [Tosmar], 4.1925 - Кингисепп [Kingisepp], 1.1932 - Буй [Buy], 5.1937 - Буёк [Buyok], 7.1941 - №52 [No52], 9.1941 - №55 [No55], 7.1944 - T-55 (1900, 212, 8.1924 - 10.1944); Черноморский №4 [Chernomorskiy No4] (1914, 280, 1915 - 6.1922); Астрабад [Astrabad], 6.1920 - Али Байрамов [Ali Bayramov] (1901, 318, 2 - 76/30, 2.1911 - 31.7.1918, 5.1920 - 7.1921); Батарея [Batareya] (1908, 950, 1 - 75/50, 5.1916 - 30.6.1918, 4.1921 - 26.5.1921); Диомид [Diomid] (1914, 472, 1 - 75/50, 11.1916 - 30.6.1918, 4.1921 - 26.5.1921); Улисс [Uliss] (1914, 472, 1 - 75/50, 6.1916 - 30.6.1918, 4.1921 - 26.5.1921); Магнит [Magnit] (1911, 950, 1916 - 30.6.1918, 4.1921 - 26.5.1921); Соколица [Sokolitsa] (ex-Alvinia) (1895, 526, 5.1917 - ...3.1918, 3.1920 - 12.1922); Курьер [Kuryer] (,, 3.1920 - 7.1920); Посыльный [Posylnyy] (, 103, 5.1920 - 5.1925); Прогресс [Progress] (, 191, 3.1920 - 11.1922); Рекорд [Rekord] (, 220, 3.1920 - 11.1922); Преподобный Трифон [Prepodobnyy Trifon], 5.1920 - Субботник [Subbotnik] (1896, 600, early 1920 - 4.1921); Александр Ваддон [Alexandr Vaddon] (1920, 100, 9.1920 - 1.1921); Коршун [Korshun], 12.1924 - Красный Аджарец [Krasnyy Adjarets] (1900, 100, 12.1920 - 15.10.1941); Херсонес [Khersones] (ex-Грёза [Gryoza]), 2.1922 - Грёза [Gryoza] (1896, 350, 3.1920 - 12.1925); Адмирал Завойко [Admiral Zavoyko], 5.1923 - Красный Вымпел [Krasnyy Vympel] (1911, 700, 4 - 75/50, 4.1921 - 4.1940)

Project history: Various merchant and auxiliary naval vessels, converted to dispatch vessels as in WWI, as in the Civil War time.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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