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guard ships of WWII

RT-10 Lebyodka 1939

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Compl. // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

79 Айсберг [Aysberg] (ex-РТ-64 Ян Гамарник [RT-64 Yan Gamarnik]), 9.1941- СКР-24 [SKR-24] 1933 // 7.1941   1200 53.5x9.0x4.3 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 76/52, 2 DCR wrecked 2.1.1942
25 Бриз [Briz] (ex-РТ-58 Спартак [RT-58 Spartak) 1933 // 7.1941   1200 53.5x9.0x4.3 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 76/52, 2 DCR depot ship 12.1944
21 Град [Grad] (ex-РТ-82 Димитров [RT-82 Dimitrov]) 1935 // 7.1941   1700 51.3x9.0x4.5 9 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 45, 2 DCR returned 5.1944
Пассат [Passat] (ex-РТ-102 В. Чкалов [RT-102 V. Chkalov]) 1940 // 7.1941   1500 51.3x9.0x4.5 9 1VTE, 1boiler, 675 2 - 45, 2 DCR sunk 13.7.1941
ДК-5 [DK-5] (ex-РТ-5 Краб [RT-5 Krab]), 3.1940- Прилив [Priliv] 1932 // 12.1939   1450 51.2x9.0x4.5 11 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 45, 2 DCR sunk 3.8.1943
ДК-10 [DK-10] (ex-РТ-10 Лебёдка [RT-10 Lebyodka]), 3.1940- 12 Туман [Tuman] 1930 // 12.1939   1150 50.8x9.0x4.5 10 1VTE, 1boiler, 675 2 - 45, 2DCR sunk 10.8.1941
ДК-30 [DK-30] (ex-РТ-30 Уссуриец [RT-30 Ussuriets]), 3.1940- 13 Заря [Zarya] 1931 // 12.1939   1255 54.8x9.0x4.6 10 1VTE, 1boiler, 675 2 - 45, 2 DCR depot ship 4.1944
ДК-38 [DK-38] (ex-РТ-38 Стрелок [RT-38 Strelok]), 3.1930- 26 Мгла [Mgla] 1932 // 12.1939   1255 54.8x9.0x4.6 10 1VTE, 1boiler, 675 2 - 45, 2 DCR wrecked 8.3.1942
ДК-60 [DK-60] (ex-РТ-60 Рабочий [RT-60 Rabochiy]), 3.1940- 11 Торос [Toros] 1932 // 12.1939   1107 53.4x9.0x4.5 10.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 45, 2 DCR returned 5.1944
73 СКР-14 [SKR-14] (ex-РТ-86 Индига [RT-86 Indiga]) 1937 // 9.1941   1200 55.4x9.0x4.9 9 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 76/28, 2 DCR wrecked 12.10.1943
74 СКР-15 [SKR-15] (ex-РТ-85 Серго Орджоникидзе [RT-85 Sergo Ordzhonikidze) 1937 // 9.1941   1200 55.4x9.0x4.9 9 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 76/28, 2 DCR returned 3.1945
75 СКР-16 [SKR-16] (ex-РТ-78 Грозный [RT-78 Groznyy]) 1934 // 9.1941   1107 53.4x9.0x4.5 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 76/28, 2 DCR returned 3.1945
76 СКР-21 [SKR-21] (ex-РТ-73 Куйбышев [RT-73 Kuybyshev]) 1932 // 9.1941   1200 55.4x9.0x4.9 9 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 76/28, 2 DCR sunk 17.5.1942
77 СКР-22 [SKR-22] (ex-РТ-79 Тбилиси [RT-79 Tbilisi]) 1933 // 10.1941   1200 53.5x9.0x4.3 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 75/48, 2 DCR returned 3.1945
78 СКР-23 [SKR-23] (ex-РТ-57 Смена [RT-57 Smena]) 1931 // 9.1941   1200 53.5x9.0x4.3 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 75/48, 2 DCR sunk 7.11.1942
80 СКР-25 [SKR-25] (ex-РТ-88 Печорец [RT-88 Pechorets]) 1933 // 9.1941   1200 53.5x9.0x4.3 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 85/49, 2 DCR returned 3.1945
81 СКР-26 [SKR-26] (ex-РТ-74 Осоавиахим [RT-74 Osoaviakhim]) 1933 // 12.1941   1200 53.5x9.0x4.3 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 85/49, 2 DCR returned 3.1945
СКР-31 [SKR-31] (ex-БС-2 [BS-2], ex-РТ-43 Рыбец [RT-43 Rybets]) 1931 // 9.1942   1150 57.1x9.0x4.5 11 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 45, 2 DCR sunk 12.5.1943
СКР-32 [SKR-32] (ex-БС-3 [BS-3], ex-РТ-59 Колхозник [RT-59 Kolkhoznik]), 10.1943- СКР-84 [SKR-84] 1931 // 9.1942   1107 53.4x9.0x4.5 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 45, 2 DCR returned 1.1943, guard ship 10.1943, returned 1946
СКР-62 [SKR-62] (ex-РТ-66 Урал [RT-66 Ural]), 9.1941- 70 СКР-11 [SKR-11] 1932 // 7.1941   1200 55.4x9.0x4.9 9 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 2 - 76/28, 2 DCR sunk 18.10.1941
СКР-63 [SKR-63] (ex-РТ-77 Челюскинец Павлов [RT-77 Chelyuskinets Pavlov]), 9.1941- 71 СКР-12 [SKR-12] 1934 // 7.1941   1107 53.4x9.0x4.5 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 3 - 76/28, 2 DCR returned 3.1945
СКР-64 [SKR-64] (ex-РТ-80 Батуми [RT-80 Batumi]), 9.1941- 72 СКР-13 [SKR-13] 1934 // 7.1941   1107 53.4x9.0x4.5 9.5 1VTE, 1boiler, 650 3 - 76/28, 2 DCR returned 5.1944
19 Дежнёв [Dezhnyov] 1938 // 12.1939   7330 104.0x15.0x6.3 10.5 2500 4 - 76/52, 4 - 45, 6 - 12.7 returned 7.1940, guard ship 7.1941, returned 1946
18 Фёдор Литке [Fyodor Litke] (ex-Третий Интернационал [Tretiy Internatsional]), ex-Канада [Kanada], ex-Earl Gray) 1909 // 1.1940   5500 83.2x14.6x8.6 14 7000 3 - 100/54, 4 - 45, 6 - 12.7 returned 4.1940, guard ship 7.1941, ice-cutter 5.1944
104 Ветер [Veter] (ex-Кооперация [Kooperatsiya]) 1929 // 11.1939   5560 104.0x14.6x5.8 10.5 2200 4 - 76/52, 4 - 45, 2 - 12.7 returned 12.1940, guard ship 7.1941, depot ship 7.1941
Партизан [Partizan] 1938 // 10.1941 190 Yd, Leningrad 1286 64.3x10.3x3.4 9.5 700 2 - 100/54 sunk 20.8.1945
Севастополь [Sevastopol] 1896 // 8.1941   1433 79.4x10.5x5.1 11 1000 4 - 45 transport 5.1942

100 - 1000 BRT

АД [AD] (ex-РТ-49 Скумбрия [RT-49 Skumbriya]), 11.1939 - Бриз [Briz] (1931, 800, 10.1939 - ?.1.1940); ДК-56 [DK-56] (ex-РТ-56 Белуга [RT-56 Beluga]), 3.1940 - Буран [Buran] (1931, 800, 12.1939 - 3.1940); ДК-55 [DK-55] (ex-РТ-55 Кета [RT-55 Keta]), 3.1940 - Град [Grad] (1931, 800, 12.1939 - 3.1940); ДК-54 [DK-54] (ex-РТ-54 Судак [RT-54 Sudak]), 3.1940 - Муссон [Musson] (1931, 800, 12.1939 - 3.1940, 7.1941 - 11.10.1942); ДК-52 [DK-52] (ex-РТ-52 Окунь [RT-52 Okun]), 3.1940 - Пассат [Passat] (1931, 800, 12.1939 - 3.1940); БД [BD] (ex-РТ-51 Лещ [RT-51 Leshch]), 11.1939 - Штиль [Shtil] (1931, 800, 10.1939 - 2.1941; 7.1941 - 19.7.1941); Касатка [Kasatka] (1913,, 6.1941 - 4.1944); Невка [Nevka], 4.1925 - Якобинец [Yakobinets], 1.1932 - Л-1 [L-1], 4.1937 - ЛК-1 [LK-1] (1905, 140, 8.1918 - early 1950s); Ост [Ost] (ex-Черноморский №3 [Chernomorskiy No3]) (1915, 230, 6.1941 - 7.1942); №8 [No8], 5.1920 - Степан Разин [Stepan Razin] (ex-№1 [No1], ex-Стенька Разин [Stenka Razin]) (1911, 180, 6.1919 - 5.1920, 7.1941 - 8.1942, 3.1943 - 1946); ЛК-2 [LK-2] (1938, 140, 7.1941 - 15.7.1942); Чапаев [Chapaev] (1936, 140, 6.1941 - late 1940s); Щорс [Shchors] (1936, 140, 6.1941 - 26.9.1941); Кубань [Kuban] (1928, 840, 2 - 130/55, 7.1941 - 9.1944); Ленинец [Leninets] (,, 1 - 76/30, 7.1941 - 5.1942); Войков [Voykov] (ex-№13 [No13], ex-Саки [Saki], ex-Тесть [Test], ex-T-1, ex-Тесть [Test], ex-T-382, ex-T-282, ex-Тесть [Test]) (1883, 173, 11.1916 - ?.3.1918, 6.1920 - 7.1926, 8.1941 - 20.8.1942); Мариуполь [Mariupol] (ex-Победа [Pobeda]) (1905, 256, 8.1941 - 4.1944); Перванш [Pervansh] (1912, 369, 7.1941 - 4.1942); Петраш [Petrash] (ex-Кашалот [Kashalot], ex-Руслан [Ruslan], ex-Добрыня [Dobrynya]) (1914, 560, 1 - 76/30, 11.1916 - 4.1924, 7.1941 - 11.1942); Штурман [Shturman] (ex-Коцебу [Kotsebu]) (1869, 196, 8.1941 - 23.8.1942)

Project history: Merchant vessels converted to patrols.

Modernizations: 1942, SKR-22, SKR-23: - 2 - 75/48; + 2 - 76/52

1943, Briz, SKR-13: + 2 - 20/70

1943, Grad: - 2 - 45/43; + 2 - 37/63, 1 - 20/70, 3 - 12.7/79

1943, Zarya: - 2 - 45/43; + 3 - 37/63, 2 - 20/70, 2 - 12.7/79

1943, Toros: - 1 - 45/43; + 2 - 37/63, 2 - 12.7/79

1943, SKR-12: + 3 - 20/70

1943, SKR-15: - 1 - 76/28; + 2 - 20/70

1943, SKR-16: - 2 - 76/28; + 2 - 85/49, 3 - 20/70, 1 - 12.7/79

1943, SKR-26: + 2 - 37/63, 1 - 20/70

1943, Fyodor Litke: - 3 - 100/54; + 4 - 76/52, 2 - 20/70

Naval service: Mgla 8.3.1942 has sunk at Cape Tsyp-Navolok as result of navigating accident. Musson 11.10.1942 was lost on a mine in Matochkin Shar Strait. Passat 13.7.1941 was sunk by German destroyers Lody, Schoemann and Galster off Teriberka. Priliv 3.8.1943 was sunk by German aircraft at Cape Set`-Navolok. Toros 6.7.1941 was sunk by German submarine U652 off Teriberka. Tuman 10.8.1941 was sunk by German destroyers Beitzen, Lody and Eckoldt off Kildin Island. Shtil 19.7.1941 was sunk by German aircraft in Ura-Guba. SKR-11 18.10.1941 was sunk by German submarine U132 on approach to White sea. SKR-14 12.10.1943 ran aground in Yenisey Bay and foundered 17.10.1943. SKR-21 was sunk 17.5.1942 by German aircraft at Iokanga, salvaged 3.7.1944 and repaired, but never commissioned again by Navy. SKR-23 was sunk 7.11.1942 by German destroyer Z27 in Barents Sea. SKR-24 2.1.1942 ran aground at Island Lumbovsky and was wrecked by a storm. SKR-31 was sunk 12.5.1943 by German aircraft at Cape Tsyp-Navolok. Partizan was sunk by Japanese mine 20.8.1945 off Gensan (Wonsan).

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