Sibirskiy Strelok 1914
Konstruktor 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Генерал Кондратенко [General Kondratenko] | Sandvikens, Helsingfors | 3.1905 | 31.8.1905 | 6.1906 | stricken 1924 | ||
| Охотник [Okhotnik] | Crichton, Abo | 3.1905 | early 1906 | 8.1906 | sunk 26.9.1917 | ||
| Сибирский Стрелок [Sibirskiy Strelok], 12.1926- Конструктор [Konstruktor] | Sandvikens, Helsingfors | 3.1905 | 19.9.1905 | 7.1906 | test ship 9.1925, guard ship 8.1941, gunboat 4.1943, test ship 1.1945 | ||
| Пограничник [Pogranichnik] | Crichton, Abo | 3.1905 | early 1906 | 7.1906 | stricken 1924 |
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Displacement normal, t |
750 |
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Displacement full, t |
840 |
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Length, m |
75.2 |
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Breadth, m |
8.18 |
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Draught, m |
2.44 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 Normand boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
7300 |
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Max speed, kts |
25.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 215 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2200(12) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 6 x 1 - 57/50 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 7.6/94, 3 x 1 - 450 TT, 20 - 25 mines |
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Complement |
102 |
Project history: Project was developed by Vulkan taking into account lacks of Ukraina class project. In particular, hull proportions were changed and displacement was increased, that allowed to improve seagoing capacities and to increase endurance. Boilers number was moderated to four, and each of them was installed in separate boiler room. Rated as torpedo cruisers, since September, 1907 as destroyers.
Modernizations: 1910, all: - 2 x 1 - 75/48, 6 x 1 - 57/50; + 2 x 1 - 102/60, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss
1916, General Kondratenko, Okhotnik: - 2 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 1 x 1 - 102/60
1916, Sibirskiy Strelok, Pogranichnik: - 2 x 1 - 47/40, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 1 x 1 - 102/60
1925, Sibirskiy Strelok: disarmed
8/1941, Konstruktor: armed with 3 x 1 - 100/54 B-34, 2 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 1 x 4 - 7.6/94
4/1943, Konstruktor: - 1 x 4 - 7.6/94; + 1 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 2 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 1 x 2 - 12.7/90; fore part of hull was cut off (length oa was 60.5m, displacement 650/820t, max speed was 16.5kts).
Naval service: Okhotnik was stricken by German mine and has sunk in Irbensky channel (Gulf of Riga) 26.9.1917.
Sibirskiy Strelok, renamed Konstruktor, was used as training and a test ship. Since 31.12.1939 Konstruktor served at Naval Institute as test ship. 1.8.1941 she was armed and 3.8.1941 returned to the Navy as patrol. 4.11.1941 Konstruktor was hard damaged by Finnish bombers (fore end was broken off) and has sunk at Osinovets (Lake Ladoga). She was raised, repaired and 13.4.1943 commissioned again as gunboat. 3.1.1945 Konstruktor was disarmed and converted to test ship and in May, 1956 to heating vessel OT-29.
Pogranichnik
Pogranichnik 1913
Konstruktor 1945
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