Kopchik 1916
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Копчик [Kopchik] | Sandvikens Yd, Helsingfors | 1915 | 1916 | 1916 | survey vessel 3.1918, guard vessel 5.1921, wrecked 7.6.1923 | ||
| Коршун [Korshun], 2.1925- Пионер [Pioner], 11.1951- Тагул [Tagul] | Sandvikens Yd, Helsingfors | 1915 | 1916 | 1916 | survey vessel 3.1918, guard vessel 5.1921, dispatch vessel 11.1923, stricken 1938, re-commissioned as gunboat 5.1941, dispatch vessel 11.1951, hulk 10.1957 |
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Displacement normal, t |
450 |
|
Displacement full, t |
550 |
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Length, m |
51.2 |
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Breadth, m |
7.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.90 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 3 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 38 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 940(10) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 105/42 SK L/45, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94, 70 mines |
|
Complement |
57 |
Project history: Laid down as target tugs. Both ships were armed by German guns removed from captured cruiser Magdeburg.
Modernizations: 1920s, Pioner: - 2 x 1 - 105/42, 1 x 1 - 40/39, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 2 x 1 - 102/60, 1 x 1 - 76/28 8K, mine stowage decreased to 30.
Naval service:
Kopchik was sunk 7.6.1923 in result of navigating accident;
she was raised 31.8.1923, but never commissioned again.
Korshun after Civil war was classified as guard and training ship, since 10.11.1939
as MTB depot ship and since 16.5.1941 as gunboat.
Pioner 27.9.1941 was damaged by German artillery and aircraft, has sunk on shallow
water in Leningrad Sea Canal. She was raised in October, 1944 and commissioned again 30.11.1945 as
despatch vessel; 13.11.1951 renamed Tagul. Since 3.10.1957 she served as
receiving ship BRN-38 and BU in January, 1959.
Pioner
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