A32 1918
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Àìåòèñò [Ametist] (ex-Sulev, ex-A32) | 965 | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | early 1916 | 15.7.1916 | 10.1916 // 8.1940 | to Board Guard 10.1940, guard ship 6.1941, to Board Guard 6.1945, disarmed 1950 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
227 |
|
Displacement full, t |
250 |
|
Length, m |
49.0 wl 50.0 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
5.32 |
|
Draught, m |
2.12 normal 2.34 max |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 set Schichau geared steam turbine, 1 Marine doubled boiler |
|
Power, h. p. |
3250 |
|
Max speed, kts |
25 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 53 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 600(12) |
|
Armament |
3 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 3 x 1 - 12.7/79, 2 DCR (16) |
|
Complement |
46 |
Project history: Former German torpedo boat A32. 7.11.1917 she ran aground during a storm on island Saaremaa in Gulf of Riga. In October, 1923 she was raised by Estonian wreckers and in August, 1924 commissioned by Estonian Navy as Sulev. With occurrence of Estonia in the USSR, 6.8.1940 she was commissioned by Baltic Fleet, but 17.10.1940 rearmed and transferred to Board Guard as Ametist.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: 11.7.1942 Ametist was hard damaged as result of beaching and was never completely repaired; 4.7.1945 she was converted to TS, in 1950 disarmed and broken up in 1955.
Ametist
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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