Sputnik 1915
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Спутник [Sputnik], 8.1940- Лайне [Layne], 7.1941- №49 [No49], 12.1941- Лайне [Layne], 2.1942- Гангутец [Gangutets] | Crichton, St. Petersburg // Kronshtadt Port Wks | 1912 | 24.7.1912 | 1913 | dispatch vessel 3.1915, captured by Germany 4.1918 (Lauterbach, later Estonian Laine), re-commissioned as dispatch vessel 8.1940, minesweeper 7.1941, guard ship 12.1941, survey vessel 11.1945 | ||
| Конвоир [Konvoir] | Crichton, St. Petersburg // Kronshtadt Port Wks | 1912 | 19.7.1912 | 1913 | collision 3.11.1917 |
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Displacement normal, t |
211 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
37.0 |
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Breadth, m |
6.10 |
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Draught, m |
1.80 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
500 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 80 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 950(8) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss |
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Complement |
20 |
Project history: Former escorts of submarines.
Modernizations: 1917, both: - 2 x 1 - 57/40, 2 x 1 - 37/20; + 2 x 1 - 76/28 Lender
1940, Layne: was armed with 1 x 1 - 76/28 8K, 2 x 1 - 45/43 21K
1941, No49: + mechanical minesweeping gear
1941, Layne: - minesweeping gear
1943 - 1944, Gangutets: + 1 x 2 - 12.7/90, 3 x 1 - 12.7/79
Naval service: Konvoir was lost 2.11.1917 in result of collision. Sputnik 7.4.1918 was captured at Abo (Turku) by German AMC Möwe and converted to tender Lauterbach. 13.11.1918 she was transferred to Estonia as Laine: the first ship of Estonian Navy, used as patrol, gunboat and submarine depot ship.
With occurrence of Estonia in structure of the USSR Laine 6.8.1940 entered Baltic Fleet as guard ship Layne. 5.11.1945 she was disarmed and converted to survey vessel, 29.10.1953 stricken and BU 3.1.1954.
Layne
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