Virsaytis 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Задорный [Zadornyy] (ex-Primunas, ex-Prezidento, ex-Prezidentas Smetona, ex-M59), 1.1941- Коралл [Korall], 8.1941- №76 [No76], 9.1941- Коралл [Korall], 8.1944- T-33 | 403 | Seebeck, Geestemünde, Germany | 1916 | 31.10.1917 | 11.1917 // 8.1940 | board guard ship, minesweeper 8.1941, guard ship 9.1941, minesweeper 11.1943, sunk 11.1.1945 | |
| Вирсайтис [Virsaytis] (ex-Virsaitis, ex-Sarkana Latvija, ex-M68), 10.1940- T-297, 7.1941- Вирсайтис [Virsaytis] | 982 | Neptun, Rostock, Germany | 1916 | 25.7.1917 | 10.1917 // 8.1940 | guard ship 7.1941, sunk 3.12.1941 |
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Displacement standard, t |
Zadornyy: 506 Virsaytis: 500 |
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Displacement full, t |
Zadornyy: 535 Virsaytis: 539 |
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Length, m |
Zadornyy: 57.8 wl 59.3 oa Virsaytis: 56.0 wl 59.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
Zadornyy: 7.30 Virsaytis: 7.40 |
|
Draught, m |
Zadornyy: 2.20 Virsaytis: 2.15 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Marine boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
Zadornyy: 1750 Virsaytis: 1850 |
|
Max speed, kts |
16 |
|
Fuel, t |
Zadornyy: coal 130 Virsaytis: coal 120 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1000(10) |
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Armament |
Zadornyy: 2 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts L/45, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear Virsaytis: 2 x 1 - 84/53 Škoda M.27, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Škoda, 40 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
Zadornyy: 70 Korall: 57 |
Project history: German minesweepers
of type 1916, built during First World War.
M59 was bought by Lithuania 18.7.1927 and became unique rather large ship of Lithuanian
Navy. 6.8.1940, since occurrence of Lithuania in the USSR, she was commissioned
by Board Guard as guard ship.
M68 29.10.1917 was mined at Daugavgriva, ran aground and subsequently
was repaired at Riga where she was abandoned by Germans and 1.1.1919 included to
fleet list of Soviet Latvia as Sarkana Latvija. In
July, 1919 she was commissioned by Navy of Latvia as Virsaitis.
Since occurrence of Latvia in USSR, 19.8.1940 Virsaitis
was commissioned by Baltic Fleet.
Modernizations: early 1941, Korall: - 2 x 1 - 105/42, 30 mines, minesweeping gear; + 2 x 1 - 76/52 34K, 4 x 1 - 12.7/79
8/1941, No76: + mechanical minesweeping gear
9/1941, Korall: - minesweeping gear
7/1941, Virsaytis: - 40 mines, minesweeping gear
10/1941, Virsaytis: - 2 x 1 - 84/53, 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 100/54 B-24BM, 1 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79
11/1943, Korall: + mechanical minesweeping gear
Naval service: T-33 was sunk 11.1.1945 by German submarine U745 at Aegna island. Virsaytis 2.12.1941 was lost on mine in Gulf of Finland.
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