T-298 1941
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Виестурс [Viesturs] (ex-Viesturs), 10.1940- T-298, 7.1941- №57 [No57], 9.1941- №51 [No51], 8.1944- T-298 | A C de la Loire, Nantes, France | early 1926 | 27.5.1926 | autumn 1926 // 8.1940 | survey vessel 2.1948 | ||
Иманта [Imanta] (ex-Imanta]), 10.1940- T-299 | A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre, France | spring 1926 | 11.8.1926 | late 1926 // 8.1940 | sunk 1.7.1941 |
Displacement standard, t |
265 |
Displacement full, t |
310 |
Length, m |
46.0 pp 48.9 oa |
Breadth, m |
6.50 |
Draught, m |
1.50 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Normand boilers |
Power, h. p. |
750 |
Max speed, kts |
14 |
Fuel, t |
coal 28 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 400(13) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/35 M1925, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear |
Complement |
39 |
Project history: Former Latvian Imanta and Viesturs. Purpose-built minesweepers-minelayers designed on the basis of a tug hull. Since joining of Latvia into the USSR 19.8.1940 they were commissioned by Baltic Fleet.
Modernizations: 1944, No51: - 1 x 1 - 75/35; + 1 x 1 - 76/52 34K, 1 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 3 x 1 - 12.7/79
Naval service: T-299 was lost 1.7.1941 on German mine W off Saaremaa Island (Northern Baltic).
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