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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY / SOVIET NAVY (RUSSIA / USSR)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

BUG mine transports (1892-1893)

 

Dunay 1908

 

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Буг [Bug]     Lindhormen, Göteborg, Sweden 1.1891 2.9.1891 12.1892 survey vessel 1909, netlayer 1914, captured by Germany 1.5.1918, captured by Whites 11.1918, captured by Britain-France 12.1918, to Whites as auxiliary cruiser 4.1919, wrecked 12.11.1920
Дунай [Dunay], 12.1922- 1 Мая [1 Maya], 1.1932- Гидрограф [Gidrograf]     Lindhormen, Göteborg, Sweden 1.1891 25.11.1891 5.1893 captured by Germany 1.5.1918, captured by Whites 11.1918, captured by Britain-France 12.1918, to Whites 4.1919, captured by Reds 11.1920, cargo vessel 2.1922, minelayer 8.1922, survey vessel 10.1924, minelayer 4.1928, survey vessel 6.1940

 

 

Displacement normal, t

1382

Displacement full, t

1490

Length, m

62.2

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

4.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 fire-tube boilers

Power, h. p.

1400

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

coal 130

Endurance, nm(kts) 2150(8)

Armament

4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 545 mines

Complement 226

Project history: Originally registered as mine transports.

Modernizations: 1915, both: + 2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, mine stowage decreased to 350.

1919, Bug: was armed with 3 x 1 - 75/48 Canet only.

1922, Dunay: armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 76/28 8K, 350 mines

Naval service: Bug in 1905 during mutiny in Sevastopol was scuttled by crew. She was raised and repaired as survey vessel. Since beginning of WWI she was used as netlayer. Bug was sunk 12.11.1920 off Ak-Mechet as result of navigating accident. Dunay was commissioned by Red Navy, participated in Great Patriotic war and was sunk by German aircraft.

Dunay before WWI

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