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SOVIET NAVY (USSR)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

guard ships of Civil war 1918 - 1922

Yastreb 1916

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Ворон [Voron] (ex-Либавский №2 [Libavskiy No2] 1896 // 7.1916 Oslo, Norway 1100 40.5x9.6x4.5 10.3 700 2 - 75/48 to Latvia 6.1922
Ястреб [Yastreb] (ex-Bore-II) 1900 // 3.1916 Finland 1150 57.9x8.8x4.9 12 1124 2 - 105/44 depot ship 1.1922, dispatch vessel 7.1941 - 2.1944

100 - 1000 BRT

Руслан [Ruslan] (ex-Добрыня [Dobrynya]) (1914, 350, 1 - 75/50, 11.1916 - 4.1924); Кавказ [Kavkaz] (ex-Бекетовка [Beketovka]) (1898,, 9.1920 - 2.1921); Ледокольчик [Ledokolchik], 4.1920- Республиканец [Respublikanets] (1898, 220, 4.1920 - 2.5.1920); Мария [Mariya] (1881, 120, 1.1921 - 5.1921); Меотида [Meotida] (1898, 100, 1.1921 - 5.1921); Джигит [Dzhigit] (1911, 116, 1.1921 - 5.1921)

Project history: Voron and Yastreb served as Board Guard ships before 1917 and served later under Bolsheviks flag.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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