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SOVIET NAVY (USSR)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

minelayers 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

Лена [Lena] (ex-Котлин [Kotlin], ex-Cöln) 1899 // 4.1916 Bremen, Germany 2400 79.5x11.4x3.9 12 500 4 - 75/48, 372 mines to Germany 6.1922
Ловать [Lovat] (ex-№3 [No3], ex-Руно [Runo]) 1912 // 5.1915 UK 1535 64.7x11.0x3.5 9 650 2 - 75/48, 360 mines to mercantile service 8.1922, netlayer 11.1939 - 10.1940, 7.1941 - 9.1945
Терек [Terek] (ex-Ораниенбаум [Oranienbaum], ex-Olivia) 1884 // 11.1915 UK 1700 60.0x9.0x3.6 10 560 2 - 37, mines to Germany 7.1922
Урал [UraL] (ex-Ферт [Fert], ex-Prinz Eutel Friedrich) 1912 // 6.1915 UK 2530 78.0x9.6x3.0 10 1555 2 - 75/48, 360 mines transport 5.1920

100 - 1000 BRT

Шексна [Shexna] (ex-Анастасия [Anastasiya]), 12.1922 - 25 Октября [25 Oktyabrya], 9.1924 - Шексна [Shexna] (1904, 450, 80 mines, 7.1915 - 9.1926); Мина [Mina] (1913, 180, 80 mines, 5.1916 - 1.5.1918, 12.1920 - 2.1922, 7.1923 - 7.1924, 7.1925 - 8.1939); Аполлон [Apollon] (1869, 287, 8.1920 - 2.1921); Греция [Gretsiya], 7.1920 - Нариман Гариманов [Nariman Narimanov] (1881, 670, 2 - 76/30, 5.1920 - 3.1922)

Project history: Merchant vessels converted to minelayers during Civil War.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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