M.6 1917
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Names |
M.6 (Теплоход №6 [Teplokhod No6]) M.7 (Теплоход №7 [Teplokhod No7]) M.8 (Теплоход №8 [Teplokhod No8]), 8.1940- Вайндло [Vayndlo], 7.1941- №1501 [No1501], 9.1941- Вайндло [Vayndlo] M.9 - 13 (Теплоход №9 - 13 [Teplokhod No9 - 13]) |
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Builders |
Vega Bureau, Borgo: M.6 - 9 Alstrema, Varkauze: M.10 - 13 |
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Completed |
10/1916: M.6 - 9 5/1917: M.10 10/1916 // 8.1940: Vayndlo (2nd time) |
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Losses |
M.6 (captured by Germany 12.4.1918, Finnish T17 Miina), M.7 (captured by Germany 9.4.1918, Finnish T22), M.8 (captured by Germany 25.2.1918, Estonian M.10 Olev), M.9 (captured by Germany 22.2.1918), M.10 (never commissioned) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1918: M.10 1944: Vayndlo |
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Displacement normal, t |
46 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
23.2 |
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Breadth, m |
5.00 |
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Draught, m |
1.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Bolinder semi-diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
60 |
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Max speed, kts |
7.2 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 2.2 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 690(5) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 7.6/94, 40 mines |
| Complement | 8 |
Project history: Built in St. Petersburg and Finland. In some documents they were named Teplokhod-1 - 13 (Motorship-1 - 13). Boats were used as coastal minelayers and minesweepers. M11 - 13 remained incomplete.
Modernizations: 7.1941, No1501: + sweeps.
9/1941, Vayndlo: - sweeps
Naval service: In 1918 all were at Revel and Helsingfors; M-6 and 7 were captured by Finland, M-9 by Germany, M-8 and 10 by Estonia.
Small minelayer ("motorship") of IRN No8, abandoned in 1918 in Revel and in 1919 commissioned by Estonian Navy as M10, in 1927 renamed Olev and in 1935 Vaindlo. Since occurrence of Estonia in USSR 13.8.1940 she was commissioned by Baltic Fleet as Vayndlo. No1501 in 1944 was converted to diving tender and broken up in August, 1948.
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