Kazarskiy 1890
Gaydamak 1904
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Казарский [Kazarskiy] | 420 | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | dispatch vessel 10.1907, captured by Germany 1.5.1918, to Red Fleet 12.1920 as minelayer, dispatch vessel 1923, stricken 11.1925 | |
| Воевода [Voevoda] | 457 | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 7.1891 | 8.12.1891 | 6.1892 | dispatch vessel 10.1907, captured by Finland 4.1918 (Matti Kurki) | |
| Посадник [Posadnik] | 458 | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 8.1891 | 13.4.1892 | 6.1892 | dispatch vessel 10.1907, captured by Finland 4.1918 (Klas Horn) | |
| Всадник [Vsadnik] | Crichton, Abo | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | sunk 15.12.1904 | ||
| Гайдамак [Gaydamak] | Crichton, Abo | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | scuttled 2.1.1905 | ||
| Гридень [Griden`] | Nikolayev Admiralty | 6.1891 | 12.11.1893 | 11.1895 | dispatch vessel 10.1907, Board Guard ship 6.1908, stricken 1913 |
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Displacement normal, t |
400 |
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Displacement full, t |
432 |
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Length, m |
60.2 |
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Breadth, m |
7.42 |
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Draught, m |
3.25 - 3.50 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
3500 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 - 22.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 90 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1640(15) |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 3 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 - 381 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 381 TT |
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Complement |
65 |
Project history: Small torpedo gunboats, one TT was fixed in the bow, one training TT was on deck. Rated as torpedo cruisers. In 1907 survived ships were converted to despatch vessels.
Modernizations: 1907, Kazarskiy: - 6 x 1 - 47/40, 3 x 1 - 37/20, 1 - 381 TT, 1 x 1 - 381 TT; + 3 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 4 x 1 - 7.6/94
1909, Voevoda, Posadnik: - 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 57/50 Hotchkiss
1910, Voevoda: - 2 x 1 - 57/50, 4 x 1 - 47/40, 3 x 1 - 37/20, 1 - 381 TT, 1 x 1 - 381 TT; + 2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94
1910, Posadnik: - 4 x 1 - 47/40, 3 x 1 - 37/20, 1 - 381 TT, 1 x 1 - 381 TT; + 2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94
1911, Posadnik: - 1 x 1 - 75/48, 2 x 1 - 57/50; + 1 x 1 - 102/60, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94
1917, Posadnik: - 1 x 1 - 75/48, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 1 x 1 - 102/60
1920, Kazarskiy: + 50 mines
1923, Kazarskiy: - 50 mines
Naval service: Vsadnik was sunk 15.12.1904 on shallow water in Port Arthur harbour by Japanese siege guns, additionally destroyed by own crew 2.1.1905, but salvaged by Japanese in October, 1905 and commissioned them as Makigumo. Gaydamak was exploded and scuttled by own crew 2.1.1905 in Port Arthur harbour but later salvaged by Japanese and commissioned them as Shikinami.
In April, 1918 Voevoda and Posadnik were captured by Finnish troops at Bjorneborg and till 1940 served under Finnish flag as Matti Kurki and Klas Horn. Kazarskiy was captured at Sevastopol by German troops 1.5.1918, re-captured by British-French troops 24.11.1918, liberated by Red Army 29.4.1919 but 24.6.1919 captured by White Army and commissioned by Southern Russia Navy. 14.11.1920 Kazarsky was abandoned by them at Sevastopol and 15.12.1920 entered service in the Red Navy as minelayer.
Voevoda 1890s
Gaydamak 1890s
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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