Kolkhida 1914
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 // 6.1915 | UK | 1086 | 79.2x11.4 | 14.7 | 2400 | 3-47/40 | hulk 10.1922 |
| Кречет [Krechet] (ex-У [U], ex-Polaris) | 9.1898 // 8.1915 | Hurley, Dundee, UK | 2844 | 85.8x11.6 | 13.5 | 2600 | cargo vessel 12.1926 | |
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Великий Князь Александр Михайлович [Velikiy Knyaz' Aleksandr Mikhaylovich] |
1907 // Autumn 1914 | Malmö, Sweden | 1482 | 74.2x10.6 | 17.5 | 2260 | 4-75/48 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 |
| Якут [Yakut] | 1887 // 1916 | 1300 | 65.7x7.2 | 12 | 1100 | 2-75/48 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 | |
| Принчипесса Мария [Princhipessa Mariya], 3.1918- Освобождение [Osvobozhdeniye] | 1896 // 9.1916 | Livorno, Italy | 3000 | 88.0x14.5 | 15 | 4000 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 | |
| Горислава [Gorislava] (ex-Josefina) | 1899 // 8.1916 | USA | 1650 | 75.6x9.0 | 15 | 3000 | 2-102/60 | captured by British 8.1918, AMC of Red Navy 3.1920, despatch vessel 3.1921, stricken 6.1924 |
| Единение [Yedineniye] (ex-Kipr) | 1913 // 6.1917 | USA | 1415 | 77.0x8.7 | 16 | 3200 | lost Autumn 1917 | |
| Колгуев [Kolguyev], 1920- Юшар [Yushar] | 1915 // 7.1916 | UK | 2000 | 73.2x10.7 | 11 | 1200 | 4-75/48 | captured by British 8.1918, re-commissioned 4.1920, transferred mercantile 5.1920 |
| Людмила [Lyudmila] (ex-Lady Gwendolin) | 1911 // 7.1916 | UK | 3817 | unlisted 1917 | ||||
| Млада [Mlada] (ex-Semiramida) | 1900 // 2.1917 | 1792 | 15 | 3-130/53 | unlisted 1917 | |||
| Порыв [Poryv] (ex-Vanadis) | 1913 // 6.1917 | USA | 1233 | 84.4x9.7 | 15 | 3000 | captured by British Summer 1918 | |
| Рассвет [Rassvet] (ex-Alberta) | 1896 // 6.1917 | USA | 1160 | 76.8x10.3 | 14 | 3000 | unlisted 1917 | |
| Рогдай [Rogday] (ex-Nevada) | 1915 // 8.1917 | USA | 2122 | 64.4x12.9 | 15 | 1300 | unlisted 1917 | |
| Ярославна [Yaroslavna] (ex-Lysistrata) | 1901 // 7.1916 | Denny, Dumbarton, UK | 3315 | 96.6x12.2 | 18 | 3500 | 2-120/43, 2-47/40 | captured by British 8.1918, commissioned again 4.1920, board guard 11.1922, stricken 1950s |
| Ворон [Voron] (ex-Либавский №2 [Libavskiy No2] | 1896 // 7.1916 | Oslo, Norway | 1100 | 40.5x9.6x4.5 | 10.3 | 700 | 2 - 75/50 | to Latvia 6.1922 |
| Гриф [Grif] (ex-Bore I) | // 10.1916 | captured by Germany 3.4.1918 | ||||||
| Ястреб [Yastreb] (ex-Bore-II) | 1900 // 3.1916 | Finland | 1150 | 57.9x8.8x4.9 | 12 | 1124 | 2 - 105/45 | depot ship 1.1922, dispatch vessel 7.1941 - 2.1944 |
100 - 1000 BRT
| Ижора [Izhora] (1913, 210, 7.1914-11/1924); Виола [Viola] (ex-Friedrich Wilhelm) (1893, 422, 8.1914-13.4.1918); Эрос [Eros] (1892, 500, 8.1915-10/1918); Колхида [Kolkhida] (ex-Tamara) (1898, 992, 3-75/48, 6.1913-1.5.1918); Днепровец [Dneprovets] (ex-Dneprovskiy Kanal) (1905, 525, 1-75/48, 1916-1.5.1918); Восход [Voskhod] (ex-Diana) (1896, 751, 6.1917-1917); Иней [Iney] (ex-Halden) (1909, 220, 12.1916-?.8.1918); Купава [Kupava] (ex-Surendalsfiord) (1915, 805, 2-76/28, 12.1916-?.8.1918); Орлик [Orlik] (ex-P. Hansen) (1914, 300, 2.1917-?.3.1918); Снежинка [Snezhinka] (ex-Teklia) (1895, 180, 8.1916-?.8.1918); Соколица [Sokolitsa] (ex-Alvina) (1895, 526, 7.1917-?.3.1918, 3.1920-12/1922); Руслан [Ruslan] (ex-Добрыня [Dobrynya]) (1914, 350, 1 - 75/50, 11.1916 - 4.1924) |
Project history: Merchant vessels converted to despatch vessels during World War One.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Velikiy Knyaz' Aleksandr Mikhaylovich, Yakut and Princhipessa Mariya were captured by Germans 1.5.1918 at Sevastopol, later two formers escaped with Wrangel and third was returned to Rumanian owner. Yedineniye was lost by unknown cause in Autumn 1917. Fate of Lyudmila, Mlada, Rassvet and Rogday is unknown. Poryv was captured by British troops in Summer 1918 and escaped abroad. Grif was captured by German troops 3.4.1918 at Hanko and returned by them to owner.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014